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However, the last one was already at 64°. With this proto starting out at 65°, it is more likely to be the next Tracer, as several here have already pointed out.
Oh, maybe to add a negative of longer bikes, with the seat tube angles getting steeper, the seat does get in the way more as you're centered over the BB more compared to shorter, slacker bikes. And I'm talking about this after going from a 125 mm dropper on the Giant to a 170 mm dropper on the Bird. Sure, the drop is a benefit, but the way the crotch interacts with the seat is still different, not purely better which would be my point.
The ultra low stand over is the missing component of transition’s sbg geo that most companies haven’t adopted. And is actually the one I liked the most when I rode the current patrol. The next patrol will be my next bike whether it’s this year or next that I can afford it. The new Mach 6 has good stand over numbers too but is just too expensive for me to consider given my salary.
I came from riding a rigid 29er and a rigid post. The Hightower felt great till I rode the transition and realized the seat was in the way going downhill.
Anywho, with XL riders going 20 cm above that horizontal isn't out of the ordinary (I'm not THAT tall, but you can look what seat height I have in my bike check), which, with a bent seat tube, gives wildly different numbers. My actual seat tube angle was below 70° on the Giant at seat height, if I'm not mistaken. With the Bird I'm at roughly 75° (with 76° advertised as the virtual angle).
I'm wondering what all of this means for really small riders, on S and XS frames, as their angles should be even steeper than what is advertised. Unless you're on the Sight, which has variable seat tube angles through the sizes.
New Domain on the way from Rockshox? If there is, it looks like the Zeb fender will fit it.
Probably Giga will be revealed on Wednesday
Not sure what you are talking about when you say...well everything you typed.
My point being, I can see them growing the Boxxer to 38 mm easy. They are not constrained by model numbers (like Fox and Ohlins), the Boxxer is a staple of the industry, etc.
My question would be, if the Domain is coming back (it's probably gonna be the 'Yari' to the Zeb), is it coming back in a dual crown configuration like it was available back in the day?
https://wheelbased.com/2021/01/25/linear-derailleur-mechanism-by-yeti/
The old SOCOM was a bruiser of a bike and came with a Totem. Back in the day, the lightest builds were around 36 lbs, I believe, which was really light back then for a bike with a fork outfitted with 40in stanchions + coil shock.
Plus the Yari RC MSRP is ~300 € lower than the Zeb R.
I'm thinking there is a place for a Zeb-like-Domain in the lineup lower down, to cover entry level e-bikes.
The frames that I have seen cracked were ridden by folks that had no business owning one. 200 pounds huck to flat rider were not the intented buyers. That is why Intense came out with the 951 as replacement, which was a privateer's DH bike or park bike if you will and not a superlight, precise DH bike for a rider with the necessary finess.
but imo domain will be the cheap dc fork, Rockshox lacks in that category since boxxer went full air