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This is the thing; he put the saddle so far back, that the “advantage” of a steep seat tube is invalidated* when it’s set where a nominal seat angle with a straight inline pier will work just as well.
wait i dont understand this. can you explain it a bit more? my seat tube currently is only 72 degrees and who is he lol
This is the thing; he put the saddle so far back, that the “advantage” of a steep seat tube is invalidated* when it’s set where a nominal seat angle with a straight inline pier will work just as well.
*some advantage is having the wheels very far forward keeping the wheelbase as short as possible**, which IMHO, a well designed front end geometry provide a bigger advantage than a slammed rear wheel.
**despite the picture showing a big gap!