172cm?! Haha, you just made me convert that to feet. In Canada don’t we all measure smaller things in centimetres, rooms and people in feet, and long distances in kilometres. Unless we’re exaggerating an effort in which case it’s miles?
Personal preference in terms of whether you’d like the fairly long standing position, and maybe you’d run a 31mm stem, but you could definitely fit an El Roy. I should probably throw in some caveats about bar width and crank length but with gorilla-arms you’re good.
My recommendation for testing hardtails, if there’s a local dealer around with one you like, I’d to take a couple rubber straps along. Try out the bike (parking lot is fine) with the fork pulled down to 50% sag and closer to bottom out to make certain the growing reach is manageable everywhere in the travel.
May 15, 2023, 5:54 a.m. - Andrew Major
172cm?! Haha, you just made me convert that to feet. In Canada don’t we all measure smaller things in centimetres, rooms and people in feet, and long distances in kilometres. Unless we’re exaggerating an effort in which case it’s miles? Personal preference in terms of whether you’d like the fairly long standing position, and maybe you’d run a 31mm stem, but you could definitely fit an El Roy. I should probably throw in some caveats about bar width and crank length but with gorilla-arms you’re good. My recommendation for testing hardtails, if there’s a local dealer around with one you like, I’d to take a couple rubber straps along. Try out the bike (parking lot is fine) with the fork pulled down to 50% sag and closer to bottom out to make certain the growing reach is manageable everywhere in the travel.