Yup. I think the only 1.5 frame I ever had was a Yeti AS-X (that bike sucked). I was working in a shop when the Sherman first hit; we sold a bunch of the Rocky Mountain Switchs that came with them.
New Whip? New toys for the dependable steed?
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66 came in a 1.5 straight too.
thinking about that too, would need it to counter the loss of reach from mulleting it. my stem is the crown though, can’t get more slammed than that (good old chunked 888 crown)
May I ask what your proportions are regarding inseam and total height and which frame you're riding? I'm considering the Titan as my next totally important and essential purchase.
Is that the new eRansom? I'm thinking of selling the 2019 eGenius for the new eRansom. Apparently Scott is only doing the green one here in the states...?
27.5 of course.
so did the Totem, IIRC
Naw, the Foes guys don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. Ican/Growler. Not "modern" geometry, so unridable, but anything is better than rigid.
I'm 5'8" with a 32" inseam. Bike is Size Medium. 40mm effective stem length. Fit is perfect. I'm running it in the short chainstay length position.
dam sun-you're like the anti-ape! i'm 6'1" with a 32" inseam
Yeah, the eRansom is much more dialed than the eGenius. I would definitely sell the eGenius. The eGenius has more upright trail geometry and the Ransom is much more capable. The steep seat angle on the Ransom makes it a much better climber than the Genius as well. The suspension is a night and day difference too. I had a Devinci AC which I just sold to buy this one.
Are they not already sold out? I wish they would bring in more of the cool products into the US....
My wife just likes to do DH laps on her ebike so we put a 40 on there. Not sure if she has enough trouser clearance for the 29 rear wheel. She normally rides 27 or mullet.
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Me too, pretty much exact. Makes it a little tricky to find bikes that are ‘just right’. Medium Altitude with a 35mm is still a shade long for my preferences.
Thx. I'm 179.5 cm/5'10.5" with a 34.5" inseam, so long legs with a super short torso. I just rode my '16 Reign M for the first time in 3 and a half months and couldn't believe how short and cramped it is compared to my commuter. I was first thinking about getting the Titan in M but then it would have the same reach as the Reign at a steeper seat angle resulting in even more crampiness. So L in reverse mullet config it will be.
For anybody curious the published geo numbers of the Titan are with compact dropouts, switching to the long ones result in even longer chainstays of 46.0 cm.
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Does the 40 come with silver crowns?
And nice view if it is from your house !
I think you might have your metric to imperial confabulator misaligned. Or maybe your torso isn't so short after all...
stellar view. what mtn is that?
5 or 8, who cares...
Why? Why not go for a Rune instead?
Because I own a 29er fork, because of my long legs and the higher stack numbers, because of future proof, because of...
Warlord TITAN!
Good enough for me!
Think I’m gonna order kiddo a Kona Process 153 (27.5), maybe he will get it for spring ‘22...
No. Those are some old proto crowns for testing offsets from a long time ago.
Thanks! That’s the view from my bike workshop. Come ride Morgins, Chatel and Champery one day and check it out. Maybe we finish it with a Bianchi Challenge?
Yes! They are incredible. They all have individual names but those peaks together are called Les Dents du Midi.
Side note, I rode the main couloir on my snowboard once. It was a 5 and a half hour climb up and took about 2 hours to get to the valley floor.
Here you can see the main couloir better and a better perspective from the start of the old WC track. That side of the valley is protected and more backcountry stuff and the other side there are 200 something chairlifts.
Little update on the Mega since I've done about 120kms and a couple of races (solid mid-pack, thanks for asking) on it now. I ended up changing the cranks and bars to aluminium for peace of mind (XT cranks, Chromag bars) and I transferred the Hope V4s and BikeYoke to replace the Code RSCs and Reverb just to avoid reliability issues.
Still really happy with the bike, the fit is just a bit better for me than the Patrol was and so far it doesn't do anything worse at all. I didn't get along with the Michelin Enduros that came on it - the sidewalls seemed too thin and lacked support and adding pressure to prevent squirm lost traction compared to Maxxis or Schwalbe DD/Supergravity offerings. I feel like the Michelins would be a really good tyre for a lighter rider or someone riding loamy or gravelly trails more often. I'm running the DD Assegai/Minion DHR2 combo instead for now.
The biggest stand out so far has been the Zeb fork. So far it has exceeded my expectations by a mile. I didn't think I'd be able to feel any difference between the Zeb and Lyrik chassis (same damper and spring) but the Zeb is really a better fork IMO - nearly everyone who has ridden the bike has said the same thing. Worth a test ride for sure if anyone is looking for a new single crown. It feels so solid and reassuring you just end up jumping into rough sections just to see what will happen. If you do get one, and get the integrated fender - soften it with hot water slightly before installation and it will mount up easier. Mine was a little deformed from shipping and they're quite stiff. I'd also recommend ditching the supplied screws for a slightly longer thread as they don't seem to have much thread grab in the magnesium arch.
Hahahahahah. My wife is also 5'8" and her legs are even longer...dam sun-you're like the anti-ape! i'm 6'1" with a 32" inseam
It does make this new trend towards ever longer reach #s kinds suck though. Pretty soon I'm gonna be trying out size Small frames.
I would have done a small on some frames, but with my inseam, it would have required WAY too much seatpost...but I think *maybe* with the crazy long dropper posts you could get away with it?
the smalls that I demoed at Targhee felt squirrelly, though...
the smalls that I demoed at Targhee felt squirrelly, though...
this should cleanse my abused ears