A while back I posted that it seemed that magazine reviewers were encouraged by Pivot to treat this DH bike as an AM bike of sorts i.e. demo bikes were set up w/ a dropper seatpost, uphill pedalling was encouraged.
The more frames I try these days, the more I find I prefer the Reach to be around 16.5 inches (I'm just under 6'3", normal arm and leg length). The Lg Phoenix has just a 15.8 inch reach, which seems more like the reach on a size Medium in other brands these days.
ETT is a somewhat meaningless spec on a DH bike, but in the case of the Phoenix I get the sense that Chris Cocalis designed the bike around the 24.3 inch ETT (i.e. the STA and ETT constrained the reach to just 15.8 inches).
Any tallish riders on a Phoenix want to comment?
The more frames I try these days, the more I find I prefer the Reach to be around 16.5 inches (I'm just under 6'3", normal arm and leg length). The Lg Phoenix has just a 15.8 inch reach, which seems more like the reach on a size Medium in other brands these days.
ETT is a somewhat meaningless spec on a DH bike, but in the case of the Phoenix I get the sense that Chris Cocalis designed the bike around the 24.3 inch ETT (i.e. the STA and ETT constrained the reach to just 15.8 inches).
Any tallish riders on a Phoenix want to comment?