Yeah, I recently went from a 1240mm wheel base to 1300mm and was surprised by how much lower the bottom bracket feels particularly tech climbing. It makes sense but it just hadn't occurred to me before.
With more distance between the axles it seems much more necessary to ratchet, but you also have more time/space to do it.
I initially reduced sag to try to compensate for the low feeling BB but the bike just did not feel as good. Embracing the ratchet has been worth it, and faster engagement definitely makes multiple quick short ratchets easier for me personally.
Of my three bikes, hardtail has hope pro 4, 44poe, the long bike noted above has vaults at 120, and my "spare" bike has I9 at 690.
The 44 feels much slower and harder to micro-ratchet than the 120 and the 690, which to me feel basically the same. So for me the change from 44 to 120 is far more drastic than 120 to 690.
May 21, 2023, 1:19 p.m. - Kenny
Yeah, I recently went from a 1240mm wheel base to 1300mm and was surprised by how much lower the bottom bracket feels particularly tech climbing. It makes sense but it just hadn't occurred to me before. With more distance between the axles it seems much more necessary to ratchet, but you also have more time/space to do it. I initially reduced sag to try to compensate for the low feeling BB but the bike just did not feel as good. Embracing the ratchet has been worth it, and faster engagement definitely makes multiple quick short ratchets easier for me personally. Of my three bikes, hardtail has hope pro 4, 44poe, the long bike noted above has vaults at 120, and my "spare" bike has I9 at 690. The 44 feels much slower and harder to micro-ratchet than the 120 and the 690, which to me feel basically the same. So for me the change from 44 to 120 is far more drastic than 120 to 690.