Straight up have to appologise, had some trouble correlating date and time, seems like just "yesterday' that the "new" Monkey was released, when in fact it was already 6 years ago in 2016, brain just did not equate :-\ Suggested the 650B+ rear as that's all the PLUS you could fit in the old version, biggest 29er was 2.4" and that ain't even close to plus and plus makes a world of difference.
Yeah, with the new ones they went to the 44 HT, so you could run an angleset if you want it to be slacker, but definitely try the longer setting in the stays, balances the bike out really nicely, especially for climbing, for me at least, still only 423mm. Just measured a wide variety of stems and they're all about 40mm stack, although I do know that they're a few out there with less, so wouldn't be cheap.
March 30, 2022, 4:18 a.m. - Lynx .
Straight up have to appologise, had some trouble correlating date and time, seems like just "yesterday' that the "new" Monkey was released, when in fact it was already 6 years ago in 2016, brain just did not equate :-\ Suggested the 650B+ rear as that's all the PLUS you could fit in the old version, biggest 29er was 2.4" and that ain't even close to plus and plus makes a world of difference. Yeah, with the new ones they went to the 44 HT, so you could run an angleset if you want it to be slacker, but definitely try the longer setting in the stays, balances the bike out really nicely, especially for climbing, for me at least, still only 423mm. Just measured a wide variety of stems and they're all about 40mm stack, although I do know that they're a few out there with less, so wouldn't be cheap.