why does the nukeproof have such a steep seat angle?
So the back wheel doesn’t bang into the seat tube, and so that the swing link pivot is supported by the seat tube.
Saddle is in a kind of similar place, but it’s not swept forward/back like other bikes. Pagey wanted it a bit more kicked back too, but I never got it sorted.
Seat angle is really the angle from the BB to the middle of the saddle. Clearly some of those bikes take a convoluted route to get there, though I think you’ll find the angle is pretty similar. The Nukeproof has a 72deg seat angle.
Order up the catalogues from chinese bike frame houses, you’ll see 75% of them in there.
Pretty sure most of those are Taiwanese not Chinese.