Thankfully quite a few of those super steep seat angles (according to the geometry charts) aren’t actually super steep in real life - because seat tubes are bent on many modern hardtails (to fit around 29” wheels) and the ESTA measured at head tube height or certainly lower than typical saddle height (let alone long-legged saddle height).
It was only once I found that truth that I dared buy a Pipedream Moxie (pretend ESTA 77.5 deg!)
Aug. 26, 2022, 3:12 p.m. - a.funks
Thankfully quite a few of those super steep seat angles (according to the geometry charts) aren’t actually super steep in real life - because seat tubes are bent on many modern hardtails (to fit around 29” wheels) and the ESTA measured at head tube height or certainly lower than typical saddle height (let alone long-legged saddle height). It was only once I found that truth that I dared buy a Pipedream Moxie (pretend ESTA 77.5 deg!)