Good, honest review Mike, well done. Yeah, I think like the a lot of alloy HTs, this bike would definitely benefit from a mullet setup, 650Bx2.8" in the rear and 29x2.5-2.6" upfront - it'll slacken the HTA out by about 1.5 degrees as well as the STA, so win/win I'd say.
Feel ya on the lack of fitness and strength to really enjoy a HT/Rigid, you definitely need to have a decent amount of that if you really want to enjoy yourself on one. Once you've got that decentish enough fitness and strength though, I've always found that at the end of the day, rather than feeling beat up you feel more like you've had an overall, full body workout and the biggest surprise, my back never feels so as the rest of the body.
Oct. 13, 2022, 9:13 a.m. - Lynx .
Good, honest review Mike, well done. Yeah, I think like the a lot of alloy HTs, this bike would definitely benefit from a mullet setup, 650Bx2.8" in the rear and 29x2.5-2.6" upfront - it'll slacken the HTA out by about 1.5 degrees as well as the STA, so win/win I'd say. Feel ya on the lack of fitness and strength to really enjoy a HT/Rigid, you definitely need to have a decent amount of that if you really want to enjoy yourself on one. Once you've got that decentish enough fitness and strength though, I've always found that at the end of the day, rather than feeling beat up you feel more like you've had an overall, full body workout and the biggest surprise, my back never feels so as the rest of the body.