The disparity is more clear in the large/small frame choices. I always battle length on any bike that is "modern".
Looking at the various numbers on the fit calculator, it looks as if the sizes are spaced to tout a large fit envelope. This is true. But I personally just hate the undermount setup and having for show the pads all the way to the front, which is what I would have to do on a large frame. Even so, I would still be too tall on the stack.
While the frame/alpha x combo will fit a wide range of fits, I would not call it ideal for anyone that wants more reach.
The frame sizes skip from 490,525,560 in stack and 375,405,435 in reach. I'm guessing because the alpha X fills in the gaps quite nicely there.
While most people will be fine and shove the pads where they need to to make a frame like this work, I prefer not to. That doesn't knock any innovation that Nick and TriRig have done. I'm hearing this is a really well thought out bike, I just am not the ideal candidate for this. I just am tired of fighting length issues on bikes.
But as someone else stated, this is only an issue for the 7 of us that fit this criteria.
This is not an issue with just this bike, just the general trend in frames vs. my preferred fit and preference for bar set up. (I could fit suck it up on a large in the undermount set up and lose about 10-15 mm in stack. Or I could go on a medium and give up some reach.).
Looking at the various numbers on the fit calculator, it looks as if the sizes are spaced to tout a large fit envelope. This is true. But I personally just hate the undermount setup and having for show the pads all the way to the front, which is what I would have to do on a large frame. Even so, I would still be too tall on the stack.
While the frame/alpha x combo will fit a wide range of fits, I would not call it ideal for anyone that wants more reach.
The frame sizes skip from 490,525,560 in stack and 375,405,435 in reach. I'm guessing because the alpha X fills in the gaps quite nicely there.
While most people will be fine and shove the pads where they need to to make a frame like this work, I prefer not to. That doesn't knock any innovation that Nick and TriRig have done. I'm hearing this is a really well thought out bike, I just am not the ideal candidate for this. I just am tired of fighting length issues on bikes.
But as someone else stated, this is only an issue for the 7 of us that fit this criteria.
This is not an issue with just this bike, just the general trend in frames vs. my preferred fit and preference for bar set up. (I could fit suck it up on a large in the undermount set up and lose about 10-15 mm in stack. Or I could go on a medium and give up some reach.).
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zachboring: Sep 12, 16 11:53