Actual HA. Measured with a Wixey inclinometer.
I am thinking of getting the 2010 Glory 1 any thoughts
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Again comparing catalog pics over each other, both Mongoose and SC are slacker, despite the claimed 67deg angle of V10. Not to mention the extra ~1/2-3/4" sag that makes V10 even slacker in reality. That's why it won't hurt Syndicate riders, even if they do run stock geo.
66-67 deg angle sure makes for snappy handling and fun ride, no doubt about this. There are lots of people who may prefer this to slacker setups, and lots of tracks that benefit a lot from a more agile than stable bike.
But when discussing 2010 Glorys, either there's something inherently wrong with Giant catalog pics, or the bike is steeper than all the competition.
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I don't know about the photos, but SC also claims the Driver 8's HA is only 66.5 degrees. Whatever the case, it does seem that SC isn't into the slack-as-you-can philosophy that Mondraker and others have been getting into.
Still, numbers are only numbers. I think the Giant will be fine this year.
Which seems true. Dragging a pic of Driver 8 over the V10, you can see a subtle difference. The Driver 8 is indeed a little slacker, but has 2 inches less travel (same 8 inches as Glory, but slacker HT).
Yeah, I think SC probably intends the V10 and Driver 8 to have the same effective slackness when sag is taken into account.
I only bring up SC to remind people not to freak out when they read about a slightly-less-slack HA on a bike like the Glory. I've never heard anyone complaining about the V10 or Driver 8 in terms of slackness.