Well described, Mark. The challenge of a bike that does 8+ hours a day on whatever, from paved to singletrack and the Hunqapillar is 100% there except for a few nit-picks. I'm am absolutely nit picking here.
With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 8:23:49 AM UTC-6, Mark Reimer wrote: > > For what it's worth, most modern MTBs have very short stems relative to a > rider's normal 'road' stem length. I was out mountain biking with a club a > few weeks back and most people were running stems around 1-2cm shorter or > more compared to road setups. I think the reasoning is that it makes the > handling more 'snappy' for tight trails. The frame geo is likely tweaked to > accommodate the shorter stem without shortening the overall reach though. > > On Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 6:51:32 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> Thanks Justin and Matt. If I was early on in the adjusting process, you'd >> be spot on, but I'm now at the point of fine tuning, so I already know I >> want my current seat/stem distance just further back (except when I climb >> technical trails. Grin.). >> >> Interesting, Matt. I haven't experienced that seasonal change, though, >> yes, my rides are longer in recent weeks between longer days and happier >> brain. Grin. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> On Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 12:09:15 AM UTC-6, Justin August wrote: >>> >>> Try just adjusting your saddle back but keeping the stem the same. You >>> changed two variables on the QB. It's easy to imitate one variable (saddle >>> movement) and then determine if you'll need to change the stem after a ride >>> or two. >>> >>> -Justin >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
