Does anyone have a geo chart for the G1, G2 and G3 variations of the bike?
The only thing I can find on the site is the seat tube angle being at 76° and measured from the saddle, not the handlebar.
Curious about the different wheelbases and chainstays, BB height, reach, stack, head angle etc. The common lot. I understand that wheelbase might be a trickier one depending on the growth by that front end during compression.
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@Structure-Ryan any provision for a gear box on the design?
Edit: or a bottlecage?
The geometry has been finalized, but there's a question of how to talk about it.
For example, the head angle is 66°, which sounds like typical all-mountain fare or maybe a touch steep for up-to-the-minute enduro geometry. But that's at full droop (topped out). At full bump (compression - and we need to specify pitch vs. heave, so let's use pitch), a "super slack" DH bike with 62° static head angle ends up around 73°, while ours stays 66°. (Interesting note: from XC racers to DH sleds, all telescoping bikes end up around 73° at full bump in pitch.)
Seat tube angle is measured level with the head tube, but no one pedals at that height. A bike like the Evil Wreckoning, as just one example, may claim a 74.8° seat tube angle, but it will be in the 60s once a tall rider has put it up to pedaling height. My 76° is at the actual (assumed) pedaling height for each chassis size.
Even reach is poorly understood. Stack height affects reach at a rate of about 40%, meaning that if two bikes have the same reach, yet one has 30 mm more stack, the bike with more stack is about 12 mm longer. Our bikes have a very high stack due to two head tubes (a flat or low-rise bar puts it back in the normal range), so our reach values look shorter than they feel. The best sizing analogies are the Transition Sentinel, Raaw Madonna, Mondraker Foxy, Identiti Mettle, and Kingdom Hex, with the G1 roughly corresponding to a Small, G3 to XL, and G2 halfway between. To put it another way, G1 is a small by the "new" geometry or medium in more conventional geometry, G2 is a "new" M/L or conventional L/XL, and G3 is a "new" XL.
Keep in mind that a telescoping fork will shorten the front-centre by almost two frame sizes' worth when compressed, while ours holds steady on length. As such, the SCW 1 rides a LOT bigger than the numbers suggest. That's where our "stability on demand" concept comes from: you shouldn't have to ride something with the length of an ocean-going vessel on tame terrain, just to prevent things getting sketchy on difficult terrain or at high speed. Alternatively, if you don't mind a bit of a long bike on tame terrain and you choose to size up, the high speed performance is an entirely new experience.
EDIT: Forgot to mention the bottle cage. As a fan of on-bike storage, it breaks my heart to have to tell you it's under the down tube. I'm working on squeezing one inside the main triangle on a future project, but don't hold your breath!
