moorey
call me Mia
Continuing the trend of overly long reach requiring you to slide the seat all the way forward possible. Because pedaling of course. Still looks stupid.
B Rabbit
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Going to do a post your ride? Looks amazing!
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
I fit fine on both my bikes with 500mm+ reach but also know of several people who are mostly legs who either a) need to size up and put the saddle forward or b) run 2km of seatpost. Can't win either way with the fashion police, but saddle forward looks less stupid.
moorey
call me Mia
I personally can’t stand the look…but I understand it (that forward offset post is still an April fools joke, imho). Mostly reeks of buying the wrong bike or getting sucked into the ‘longer is better’ fad.
Ultra Lord
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Ok boomer.
Bikes with short reaches and a STA slacker than the HA look dumb af.
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
Totally, look like dogs that chase parked cars.
moorey
call me Mia
Hard agree…
Go buy a grim d’oh nut, fadboy.
All I’m saying is that if you make bikes where are you have to run a forward offset post to push the seat even further forward, you’ve swallowed too much Kool-Aid..
Scotty T
Walks the walk
I'm a total fanboy after riding a long slack low bike, I'm only bummed I didn't get to put it in mullet configuration to really get me frothing!
Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
No, I’ve ridden too many bikes that have you swinging off the back whenever you sit down, and when you stand your heads in front of the axle.
Bikes have been too short unless your like 3 feet tall for ever. Stupid road geo. Stupid designers sizing frames off ST length and not lengthening reaches enough as you go up sizes.
When a BMX with a 21.5” TT has more room when standing than an XL frame with a 80mm stem theres some bullshit going on in the mtb geo world.
I’m glad that fad has died and long reaches with slack HA is in. It’s not kool-aid when it works better for you.
Don’t you size up on your spitty’s?
moorey
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I think we’re having 2 entirely different conversations.
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
moorey
call me Mia
Maybe. To clarify…I like the longer reach on bike and the very upright ST these days. I just think the trend of overdoing the length, then needing a forward offset post and the seat also slid forward, seems to suggest the reach is too long or people are buying a bike that doesn’t fit them properly.
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
oooooooorrr.... people are upsizing by choice because they prefer the extra stability moar reach provides, which is made more possible by ever decreasing seat tube lengths and lower standovers. Then shunting the saddle forward to suit or going a super short stem or whatever. It just provides an additional option to go a size lower for less reach and more playfulness, or size up because faster.
Added benefit is oversized beanpoles like me have bikes that actually fit them now.
moorey
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Oooor….for the majority of people, it’s market driven
The Reverend
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Thank you for bringing this back on brief.
The Reverend
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Even the photo for IG should have that saddle centred, just for the look of it.
Might be for rider fit / preference? I slide mine forward on XL bikes for the improved position on climbing and I certainly shouldn't be on anything smaller.
And the STA on my bikes are steep enough generally.
leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
TBH those long Ergon and SQLabs saddles make everything look ridiculous anyway. Actual clamp position on that Actofive is not crazy (certainly doesn't have the stupid additional negative-offset clamp thing), but the extra 4 inches of dick nose on the saddle makes it look like it is.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
I run my seats upside down.
moorey
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frenchman
Eats cheese. Sells crack.
I thought people set the seats up like that to make it more comfortable on their haemorrhoids?
@Asininedrivel can u confirm?
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