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BrakeJack Liked a reply to forum topic Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
4/17/2025 5:12am
Banshee Titan frames are going for cheap right now, a large gets you to a 1.77 ratio with the long dropouts. Maybe worth trying for someone really wanting to experiment. Seatpost insertion isn't great, but that's my only complaint with mine
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ratchet_catch Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/16/2025 2:11pm This is cool, and something I’d like to see with it is what the “median” bike is though the years. What’s that crabbiest crab bike geometry, and how far off that median geo is a selected bike?
ratchet_catch Added a reply to Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
4/16/2025 1:54pm I can see that. It’s counterintuitive to me, but I think the longer rear end is helping me jump higher too. Maybe just a new bike placebo effect though. What does bother me is the inconsistency between manufacturers sizing recommendations. I found this between the specialized enduro and the spire- very very similar geometry, but different size range recommendations
ratchet_catch Added a reply to Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
4/16/2025 1:25pm Wild! I’m 6’0.5” and the reach and effective top tube just felt great to me (coming from a 2018 sentinel with a 475 reach). I do love the long chainstays, but a 485 reach feels too cramped for me. I do have a positive ape index, so maybe that changes things.
ratchet_catch Added a reply to Modern Geo Talk: Chainstays, Stack, Reach, and Bitching About It
4/16/2025 12:40pm So I just picked up a xl transition spire, with a ratio of 1.9 or so. It corners great, and I couldn’t quite figure out why until I thought about skiing- having that longer reach and fairly long rear end gave me a larger sweet spot to maneuver around in. On flat corners and steep sharp corners it felt easier...
ratchet_catch Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/31/2025 8:31am Was wondering why all the bigger sites don’t have normal timed Monday updates.
ratchet_catch Added a reply to 2025 Team Rumors
12/4/2024 11:55am I’m really of two minds on looking for who it could be. On the one hand, I want to know so that “justice” or “retribution” can be enacted, but on the other hand, I feel like doing the sleuthing to figure out who it was takes power away from Ares and that she should have the right to name the...
ratchet_catch Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/5/2024 8:32am I’m pretty sure it’s whatever is scribbled out in the picture for Aston’s competition this month. Looks gold: https://astonmtb.com/product/rulezman-surprise/ but then again, that instagram post has a vertical shock, so maybe not. Could just be two things coming out on the same day by the same person.
ratchet_catch Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
7/10/2023 8:21am I seem to remember someone doing something similar with a transition smuggler rear end and a diy steel front frame, but I can't recall where I saw the pictures. Any ideas?
ratchet_catch Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
5/6/2023 6:34am Vorsprung has been teasing what looks to be a shock, and their latest instagram post hints that they’ve collaborated with sprindex.
ratchet_catch Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
2/2/2023 4:34pm Side note: Interesting how there's basically only 3 Horst link vertical shock* bikes left on the market and all three of them were designed at least in part by Dan Roberts. Scott Gambler, RAAW DH and the Frameworks Prototype *fixed