morgan-heater profile

Ouch! Hope he's ok!

Greater strange is super important for handlebars. I hate it when my bars are normal.

I scanned it, but it didn't list where the accidents occurred. It did say that something like 15% of the accidents involved cars, which points to mostly road cyclists. Although, I bet Harborview does see the gnarlier area mtb crashes, as it's the biggest hospital in Seattle.

I wonder if it's different between road and trail riding. The harborview study was probably mostly road cyclists.

Your Honzo had short stays though, you didn't like that? I think it's fun on a hard tail. Easier to manual, pump, and jump. I've got a Stanton with super short stays and it's a blast on most trails, and better than my fs bike on flow trails.

Oh man, those injuries were brutal! I can barely sit still for a day, much less 6 months.

I was considering one, would you mind listing the not-so-great issues you've had?

I think you've probably got a point for optimal cornering, but it's also important for less skillfull riders to be able to move around on the bike more without being in danger of going over the bars in rough terrain. (as one of those less skillful riders, the new longer bikes definitely feel significantly easier to ride).

Sam Hill needs a finely balanced scalpel, whereas punters like me are just fine with a chainsaw.

It seems like bigger ratios actually allow more rider movement, which would make it easier to control for less expert riders. Similar to wider bars and shorter stems.