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I am assuming choose frame reach, stem length and bar sweep such that the hand position on flat bars or risers is.the same distance from the bb as the 'tops' on road or cx bikes.
Sort of... It's not a bad place to start.
The reach to the bars on my Talbot & Ogre is only a tiny bit longer than on my Straggler, but then I use fairly wide bars ( anything from 710-780mm ). If i was using a 660-680mm, then it'd be pretty close to mtb bars around the same as drop bar hoods.
I've found that 25-30mm extra on the bars has required 10-15mm less on the stem.
Keep in mind that recent geometry is designed to work best with a fairly short stem wide'ish bar combo and allow yourself some room to manoeuvre either way.
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In terms of reach, what's the go-go starting point for 29er trail bikes?
I am assuming choose frame reach, stem length and bar sweep such that the hand position on flat bars or risers is.the same distance from the bb as the 'tops' on road or cx bikes.
Yay/nay?