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As a fellow short inseam rider, I can highly recommend you give shorter cranks a shot. I do think it gives you some of the benefits of steeper STA. Am currently on 165mm and could probably go shorter.

Put me in the camp of have still not found a too steep seat tube angle, even on my G16. I have a few things working against me like my SQLab saddle, which I love but has a rearward seating position, and rearward cleat positioning which pushes hip rearward in relation to pedals. 

Still cant believe there is nobody making a forward offset dropper post with more than 150mm of travel (9.8 Fall Line R gets close but maxes out at 150mm).

Found this picture from 2013 when I used to run a specialized dropper reversed with forward offset. https://photos.app.goo.gl/wUx8pyLWHz6pChrJ7

Not sure we will ever have a one-size fits all approach because I could make the opposite argument for my situation haha. 

My bike has a 77 degree STA and due to a variety of factors (most of my riding is climb/plunge, cleats in shoes pushed back, SQLab saddle with rearward seating position) I wish it was another degree or 2 steeper. 

Droppers with forward offset with >150mm of drop do not exist right now either.

I can second the experience of going from 2020 X2 to EXT Storia and it being a surprising to me game-changer, to the point where I wouldn't want to ride without a damper that works this well (exaggerating but we all know the feeling). 

Running a mara pro on my other bike and it gets close to Storia, enough that I'd argue its the Value/Performance leader but Storia is still a bit more controlled.

I'm currently using 12 speed deore mech w/ 11 speed xt shifter, which means....Could get away with using shimano 10 speed shifter with 12 speed mech.

Not sure how close the tune is on the mattoc but completely agree about the rebound tune being spot on for my mattoc. Could not get a 36 rc2 feeling good in comparison no matter how many different setting I tried.

Nice review.

Anyone have any thoughts on how far forward you can slam the saddle on this one? Trying to compare it to the Line. Seems like bikeyoke has upper mount out of the way so can offset pretty far forward.

Steve, you mentioned expert riders are typically "willing to compromise pretty heavily on something". I'm curious to know what that setup is generally like compared to a standard setup. Is there one particular setting, such as HSC, that expert riders typically take to an extreme?

Interesting to see the airspring ends up having the same setup as the manitou mattoc/dorado with the IRT kit.

Good input guys, Lonsdale will definitely have my eye when the time comes, especially after hearing the E-bike commute is a good one.

Here's Justin's, definitely amusing, bracket style results. https://twitter.com/j_mcelroy/status/1299358067558027265 

So I'm hearing that bike commute from North Van to downtown is chill?

And yeah it was insane to see how much development going on around Brentwood, good for them, you guys can definitely use the housing lol. Hopefully some more shopping/restaurants with character start popping up as well.

Cool to hear north burnaby/brentwood mentioned since that's her preference. I spent quite a bit of time there before border was locked down and definitely a nice, more quite, place to be. 

Whats the Otter? Lonsdale ferry?

What are peoples thoughts on good neighborhoods to live in that balance access to trails with a still reasonable commute to downtown?

Just daydreaming a bit haha. Girlfriend (who is Canadian/from burnaby) and I are contemplating making the move sometime in the next year or so.