Reader's Ride: Dave M's Stanton Switch9er FS Ti

I love the look of these but two friends have had them and I don't think either of them ever really gelled with theirs to the point where both have been replaced now. Pretty sure one described the feeling as sitting on top of it rather than in it - maybe the mullet setup would help with that...

Posted by: DaveyBoyWonder

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I love the look of these but two friends have had them and I don't think either of them ever really gelled with theirs to the point where both have been replaced now. Pretty sure one described the feeling as sitting on top of it rather than in it - maybe the mullet setup would help with that...

Yeah, I can relate to that. One reviewer built his as a mullet from the off and raved about it - stating he probably wouldn't have been as keen had he run it full 29. Will see how it rides in the drier weather, certainly feels a bit better on the street with the smaller wheel. You do have to run these with a fair bit of sag - 35% I think. I guess some people don't get that memo and never have them set up right. Final option would be some 50mm rise bars - currently has 38's (I think), but it has a fairly high stack as standard. Despite having 160mm forks, I built it as more of a trail bike anyway - with the ebikes for the burly stuff. As long as it doesn't try and kill me on the descents I may live with it - but really want to love it...

Thanks for the post @Ben_Haworth

Lovely. The aesthetics of the frame would suit an EXT Storia perfectly, but that'd be one expensive change from your Ohlins for (probably) not much - if any - performance gain.

Quite a chunky interpretation of a 'trail bike'! 

That's a very nice build.

I had a steel one and enjoyed it but I think going mullet would have been a good idea. I did toy with it but ended up swapping it for a lighter, snappier feeling alu trail bike, having bought a long travel ebike which served much of what the Stanton was bought for.

Contrary to others, I think the mullet would have made it better uphill as well as down. The slightly perched nature of the 29er plus high BB when seated made it more tricky for me on technical climbs. I never felt this on descents though, with a big helping of sag, it felt great on the downs and I never had that on rather than in feeling others describe.

Posted by: Kamakazie

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That's a very nice build.

I had a steel one and enjoyed it but I think going mullet would have been a good idea. I did toy with it but ended up swapping it for a lighter, snappier feeling alu trail bike, having bought a long travel ebike which served much of what the Stanton was bought for.

Contrary to others, I think the mullet would have made it better uphill as well as down. The slightly perched nature of the 29er plus high BB when seated made it more tricky for me on technical climbs. I never felt this on descents though, with a big helping of sag, it felt great on the downs and I never had that on rather than in feeling others describe.

Cheers

I've read that ideally if you're sticking a 27.5 rear in then you should swap to a 27.5 linkage - guessing that might be designed so the BB stays at the same height though, so would be pointless for my experiment. 

My case isn't helped by having stupid long legs, so always struggle with the ideal set up. Not so bad on the ebikes as you can set the saddle slightly lower than the optimal pedalling height

I like the bike and I love the no cares about scratches nature of raw titanium but…what I always loved about Stantons was their paint.

Posted by: Rubber_Buccaneer

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I like the bike and I love the no cares about scratches nature of raw titanium but…what I always loved about Stantons was their paint.