I'm curious, was this bike only made for their race team or was it made to sell to the general public, you know the people who actually have to pay for their bikes? I ask, as seriously, while Pro riders are excellent for roughing out ideas, you need "avg Joe's" to do the final testing, because they/we don't ride anywhere near like the Pro's so don't need/want the same sort of setup - most could not ride their suspensionsetups, way too stiff for us normal folk. Stupid AF IMHO to not have an adjustable rear or rears getting longer for bigger sizes, don't need a 435 rear on a 480mm reach to make the bike handle and steer snappy from the back.
As to the reach, WTF, guess they don't want to sell bikes to anyone under 5'10" and that's going by most comments on the PB article on this bike. The SC number for the new MegaTower seemed about right inline and perfect, Large should be in the 480mm range, IMHO, then you still have options if you're shorter or taller.
Pricing wise, compared to the SC, yeah, seems much more reasonable, but in general bikes are just stupid expensive these days. At least they spec'd Shimano drivetrain, although in the higher end doesn't make a lot of sense, but in the low end GX, NX and SX, SRAM 12spd doesn't even compete with Shimanos's Deore. Also weird that they spec'd Shimano when the race team is full SRAM :-\
April 20, 2022, 8:27 a.m. - Lynx .
I'm curious, was this bike only made for their race team or was it made to sell to the general public, you know the people who actually have to pay for their bikes? I ask, as seriously, while Pro riders are excellent for roughing out ideas, you need "avg Joe's" to do the final testing, because they/we don't ride anywhere near like the Pro's so don't need/want the same sort of setup - most could not ride their suspensionsetups, way too stiff for us normal folk. Stupid AF IMHO to not have an adjustable rear or rears getting longer for bigger sizes, don't need a 435 rear on a 480mm reach to make the bike handle and steer snappy from the back. As to the reach, WTF, guess they don't want to sell bikes to anyone under 5'10" and that's going by most comments on the PB article on this bike. The SC number for the new MegaTower seemed about right inline and perfect, Large should be in the 480mm range, IMHO, then you still have options if you're shorter or taller. Pricing wise, compared to the SC, yeah, seems much more reasonable, but in general bikes are just stupid expensive these days. At least they spec'd Shimano drivetrain, although in the higher end doesn't make a lot of sense, but in the low end GX, NX and SX, SRAM 12spd doesn't even compete with Shimanos's Deore. Also weird that they spec'd Shimano when the race team is full SRAM :-\