Put me firmly in the 'loves these steep STA's' category.
For my body type, which is pretty average for the record, A steep sta finally makes both seated and standing reach to the bars feel normal. With old slack STA's if seated reach to the bars felt normal, then while standing I felt like I was hanging way over the front of the bike with entirely too much weight on the hands. Inversely, if standing reach was correct, then seated fit was entirely too stretched out.
Steep STA's also climb infinitely better.
It certainly makes sense on the big travel bikes when used appropriately and soon I'll be testing this on my new Smuggler that will see a bit less aggressive terrain.
Aug. 17, 2023, 1:07 p.m. - Suns_PSD
Put me firmly in the 'loves these steep STA's' category. For my body type, which is pretty average for the record, A steep sta finally makes both seated and standing reach to the bars feel normal. With old slack STA's if seated reach to the bars felt normal, then while standing I felt like I was hanging way over the front of the bike with entirely too much weight on the hands. Inversely, if standing reach was correct, then seated fit was entirely too stretched out. Steep STA's also climb infinitely better. It certainly makes sense on the big travel bikes when used appropriately and soon I'll be testing this on my new Smuggler that will see a bit less aggressive terrain.