I just recently purchased my first tri-bike. I love my tr-bike, but I could have easily bought the wrong bike. So, this is question coming from a new tri-bike owner.
From slowtwitch, I learned the importance of pad stack and reach. However, I find more information on slowtwitch than on manufacture's website. Why is that?
1) Orbea has given slowtwitch a Pad X/Y chart, but you can't find it on their product page
2) Trek has a fit guide that's hosted on slowtwitch, but it's not on on their product page. Their sizing guide for Speed Concept still use a height based system.
3) Cervelo P5 has a solver as mentioned here on slowtwitch, but it's not on their product page
4) Giant Trinity were released with a geo chart with pad stack and reach , but it's on on their product page
5) BMC TM01 used to include stack and reach configuration chart in their manual , but you have to login as a dealer to get the one for the new time machine.
Why do manufacturer's make pad stack / reach information so difficult to find? Slowtwitch has taught me to look for bikes based on pad stack / reach and praises certain manufacturers for having a solver, but what use is the solver if I can't access it? Are these solvers created just so slowtwitch would praise these bikes while said manufactures don't actually want potential customers to have access to the information?
Sure, I can probably ask my local dealer for it, but that would require multiple trips and being lucky in finding the sales guy who knows what I am talking about.
Only Felt makes finding pad stack / reach easy.
From slowtwitch, I learned the importance of pad stack and reach. However, I find more information on slowtwitch than on manufacture's website. Why is that?
1) Orbea has given slowtwitch a Pad X/Y chart, but you can't find it on their product page
2) Trek has a fit guide that's hosted on slowtwitch, but it's not on on their product page. Their sizing guide for Speed Concept still use a height based system.
3) Cervelo P5 has a solver as mentioned here on slowtwitch, but it's not on their product page
4) Giant Trinity were released with a geo chart with pad stack and reach , but it's on on their product page
5) BMC TM01 used to include stack and reach configuration chart in their manual , but you have to login as a dealer to get the one for the new time machine.
Why do manufacturer's make pad stack / reach information so difficult to find? Slowtwitch has taught me to look for bikes based on pad stack / reach and praises certain manufacturers for having a solver, but what use is the solver if I can't access it? Are these solvers created just so slowtwitch would praise these bikes while said manufactures don't actually want potential customers to have access to the information?
Sure, I can probably ask my local dealer for it, but that would require multiple trips and being lucky in finding the sales guy who knows what I am talking about.
Only Felt makes finding pad stack / reach easy.
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bloodyshogun: Apr 27, 17 7:30