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  • What hardtail for someone who really likes their Soul, but……
  • honourablegeorge
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    ….would like a 15-20mm longer TT? Don’t want anything significantly heavier or less springy.

    Slackline is (as far as I can work out from their unclear geometry info) pretty much the same length. Anything else? Custom probably not an option due to cost.

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    Larger framed Soul?

    honourablegeorge
    Full Member

    Already on a large.

    The Prince Albert classic looks bang on – all gone, of course. Gah.

    st66
    Full Member

    Sanderson Life/Breath

    winch
    Free Member

    Solaris, obviously 🙂

    davewalsh
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    30-40mm wider bars will achieve the same feel and extra breathing room as 15-20mm in the top tube for a lot less expense! will also make the bike feel more stable and quicken the steering. Win-Win 🙂

    baldman
    Free Member

    Unless running wide bars already I’d recommend trying davewalsh’s suggestion – I had the same issue with my Hustler, it felt a bit short in top tube, already had 90mm stem and reverb meant no layback option on seatpost. Swapped from 685mm bars to 750mm and it solved the problem.

    cookeaa
    Full Member

    30-40mm wider bars will achieve the same feel and extra breathing room as 15-20mm in the top tube for a lot less expense! will also make the bike feel more stable and quicken the steering. Win-Win

    And/or 5-10mm longer stem?

    Sometimes it is worth tweaking the controls to keep an otherwise bob on bike IMO…

    mrmoofo
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    For exactly that reason, I have a Solaris, bought 2nd had from here
    The build up will start today – but most of the stuff I will use is still attached to my Soul in Germany!!
    Obviously not the wheel or forks !!
    The Soul was just too small – not sure why Si doesn’t do XL

    honourablegeorge
    Full Member

    That might be it, y’know – I have narrower (Haven) bars on the Soul than other bikes (Havoc). Maybe go that route.

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