@ Kenny, I'd be curious to hear your body proportions, even, or more legs than torso, or more torso than legs? Personally, I've got long legs for my height and I guess I'm hard stuck in my ways of liking to be able to put down proper power and not have to spin because I can't properly engage the bigger leg muscles. Anything over 74* for me is too steep and I immediately can feel it in the front of the knee. Maybe that's just it, I got into MTBing because it was easy on the knees using more glute/hamstring, back of the legs than those needing the need interaction as much and so engaging the quads mroe than the hamstring/glutes doesn't sit well with my knees.
Side note, I helped a friend spec and build a Ranger a couple years back and absolutely love that thing, especially the weight, which to me was crazy considering just a basic XT build with SID fork, thing sits just under 28lbs and man does it accelerate.
Nov. 27, 2024, 8:46 a.m. - Lynx .
@ Kenny, I'd be curious to hear your body proportions, even, or more legs than torso, or more torso than legs? Personally, I've got long legs for my height and I guess I'm hard stuck in my ways of liking to be able to put down proper power and not have to spin because I can't properly engage the bigger leg muscles. Anything over 74* for me is too steep and I immediately can feel it in the front of the knee. Maybe that's just it, I got into MTBing because it was easy on the knees using more glute/hamstring, back of the legs than those needing the need interaction as much and so engaging the quads mroe than the hamstring/glutes doesn't sit well with my knees. Side note, I helped a friend spec and build a Ranger a couple years back and absolutely love that thing, especially the weight, which to me was crazy considering just a basic XT build with SID fork, thing sits just under 28lbs and man does it accelerate.