I had (slight) hope this series would hook me up with some sneaky tricks to further [buy the bike I already own](https://nsmb.com/articles/buy-bike-you-already-own-spring-service-story/), but it seems the years of min-maxing and reading Andrews articles have done the deed.
V2 Spitfire, - 2° works, 160mm coil fork, long dropouts, coil shock, 50mm tall bar, 200mm dropper... It's great, but. The reach. It felt long when I got the frame, but since getting a hardtail with a 470mm reach I feel trapped on the spitty.
The comfortable spot between the feelings of "too far back, gonna washout the front" and "too far forward, gonna OTB" is magic when I'm in it, but it's so small I find myself constantly fighting to stay there.
I'd thought I'd ride this thing into the ground or die trying, but it seems a longer frame might be the future. Has anyone tried the Marin Rift Zone 29? It's a boring entry-level thing by spec, but the numbers suggest it could be a candidate for a min-max-mullet-modify job.
March 20, 2022, 11:50 p.m. - Velocipedestrian
I had (slight) hope this series would hook me up with some sneaky tricks to further [buy the bike I already own](https://nsmb.com/articles/buy-bike-you-already-own-spring-service-story/), but it seems the years of min-maxing and reading Andrews articles have done the deed. V2 Spitfire, - 2° works, 160mm coil fork, long dropouts, coil shock, 50mm tall bar, 200mm dropper... It's great, but. The reach. It felt long when I got the frame, but since getting a hardtail with a 470mm reach I feel trapped on the spitty. The comfortable spot between the feelings of "too far back, gonna washout the front" and "too far forward, gonna OTB" is magic when I'm in it, but it's so small I find myself constantly fighting to stay there. I'd thought I'd ride this thing into the ground or die trying, but it seems a longer frame might be the future. Has anyone tried the Marin Rift Zone 29? It's a boring entry-level thing by spec, but the numbers suggest it could be a candidate for a min-max-mullet-modify job.