Some Stantons reduced and in stock now https://www.stantonbikes.com/shop/48-hour-frames/?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=48+hour+frames+2022
It's something when you realise you've no idea what an acroymn means and everyone else does.
LLS = Long, low, slack?
Been looking at hardtails lately and a couple that have gone to the top of my list are the
[url= https://canfieldbikes.com/collections/nimble-9-gen-5/products/nimble-9-cherry-cola-steel-hardtail ]Canfield Nimble 9[/url]
and the
[url= https://production-privee.com/collections/frames/products/shan-gt-grand-prix-frame ]Production Privee Shan GT[/url]
Then I saw the Evans cheapies and ordered a bright yellow Pinnnacle 😛 I'll probably upgrade sometime
I can see the sense in this thread . I’m still riding a 26” On One 456 Evo ti from 2016 and I can’t imagine how geometry could suit me better.
With the recently added wide and flat 800mm bars and 35mm stem it manuals very easily is also great on the small kickers I ride and is a really poppy fast accelerating trail bike. It’s also good at popping across ditches which we get loads of in our woods. I don’t think I would prefer a long low and slack bike.
I think a lot of that geometry influence came from Competitive Enduro which has a much more downhill bias than fun trail riding.
Update on my original question.
A couple of weeks back I took my Genesis latitude to Swinley forest and struggled of all the down hills. I felt like I had no confidence in the bike and it felt a bit nervous. I didnt enjoy it.
This weekend I got a good deal on a basically new Whyte 905 so I couldnt resist. Its not poppy at all but man does it feel stable and confidence inspriring. Riding the two bikes back to back is funny. My old Genesis feels like a bmx in comparison and manuals and hops so easy. Cant wait to get the Whyte on some steeper terain.
