Good question; I’m 6’2″ and the biggest Alpine is a bit small for my liking… I’m running a Love/Hate at the minute with 100mm stem and a setback post…. wouldn’t want any less reach even for the different riding style of an Alpine. Figure a 650b “hardcore hard tail” would be spot on for folks my size.
So how will it stand up against the solaris or the skookum?
Dno but I do know I prefer the ride of my Love/Hate, which I’ve kept, to my Mk2 Soul, which I didn’t. (I think I’ll get excommunicated from cotictrackworld.com now).
And do they do it in anything else other that Austin Allegro Metallic brown?
Picked this thread up off a google search. Love the colours on dialled website (raw (still going ahead after the Alpine colour debacle?) and metallic coffee) but not overly sure about the 71/74 angles.
Even with a 120mm fork it’ll end up being about 70/73, which whilst isn’t super steep, I’d like to see a touch slacker at the front.
After having a look at some of the Gnarfriendly 29er HTs, it seems 68/73 angles with 17.1 chainstays seem to be about average.