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Commented on Personal Rides: AJ's New GeoMetron G1 - 1 week, 4 days ago

My classic XC geometry HT's STA is ...
Commented on Personal Rides: AJ's New GeoMetron G1 - 1 week, 4 days ago

Cranks?
Commented on Personal Rides: AJ's New GeoMetron G1 - 1 week, 4 days ago

Out of curiosity, what seat angle your custom ...
Commented on Personal Rides: AJ's New GeoMetron G1 - 1 week, 5 days ago

@AJ

What I'm getting hard to be ...

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Personal Rides: AJ's New GeoMetron G1 - Oct. 9, 2019, 11:40 a.m.

My classic XC geometry HT's STA is 73° with saddle rails being some 800mm from BB. To compensate for 432mm chainstays I run the saddle slightly set forward.

Personal Rides: AJ's New GeoMetron G1 - Oct. 8, 2019, 11:20 p.m.

Cranks?

Personal Rides: AJ's New GeoMetron G1 - Oct. 8, 2019, 11:19 p.m.

Out of curiosity, what seat angle your custom hardtail is sporting?

I believe that for a HT going beyond 75.5° is pushing it over, while for a FS bike this should be the minimum (a real STA is also to be considered when judging the real effective steepness).

I'm in AJ's height territory so the stated above might not be suitable to someone in a smaller frame size bracket.

Personal Rides: AJ's New GeoMetron G1 - Oct. 8, 2019, 9:49 a.m.

@AJ

What I'm getting hard to be sold on are this super-steep seat angles. I believe not to be the only one in this regard. Has the design overshot the optimum?

Also, would a bike with such a high STA be better paired with longer or shorter cranks? Here's an idea for a field test, multiple length cranks.

Dear Uncle Dave: What's with all this reach and stack nonsense? - May 29, 2019, 11:03 p.m.

Your Megatower numbers are off since you used the XXL stack instead of the XL one. Otherwise I like your approach.

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