Plus, if you're sitting for a short 30-40% grade technical section, then you're magical and STA simply doesn't matter. Most mortals will be standing for those steepest steeps anyway. Unless of course if the climb is literally a road of some sort, then sit & spin might be the way to win. But in that case I'll just say: stop trying to make mountain bikes better at doing gravel bike things! If that's your ride fantasy, get a SwitchGrade or holler about the lack of seat-post offset options, and shut up about STAs being some nebulous "too slack" for the equally nebulous "steep climbs".
("shut up" is not direct at Andy, it's directed at annoying reviewers at LightRedCycle or where-ever)
Oct. 7, 2022, 12:50 p.m. - Justin White
Plus, if you're sitting for a short 30-40% grade technical section, then you're magical and STA simply doesn't matter. Most mortals will be standing for those steepest steeps anyway. Unless of course if the climb is literally a road of some sort, then sit & spin might be the way to win. But in that case I'll just say: stop trying to make mountain bikes better at doing gravel bike things! If that's your ride fantasy, get a SwitchGrade or holler about the lack of seat-post offset options, and shut up about STAs being some nebulous "too slack" for the equally nebulous "steep climbs". ("shut up" is not direct at Andy, it's directed at annoying reviewers at LightRedCycle or where-ever)