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This is the problem with my Capra being so capable even with 180mm of travel to be honest... I'm hoping I can come up with something different enough to differentiate the two...
I definitely won't be able to just copy modern geo verbatim but I think by picking out some key characteristics it could add up to a super fun bike!
Thinking in the region of the following figures to start -
HA - c.65°
STA - c.75°
Chain Stay - c.425mm
Reach - c.430mmI'm not entirely sure what I'm at but I guess I just want a relatively short back end with ST and HT angles to suit good pedally-ness and good handling?
Nahguavkire-
Those geo numbers aren’t far off my 130 bike. I had a similar idea, a fun poppy playful bike with short back end. Don’t get me wrong, I love the bike but I sort of wish I’d went for even less travel to differentiate a bit more from the 170 bike. Obviously what I need to do is keep the 130 bike and build a 100m travel bike too.
TotalShanner
I dunno how it works if you were getting custom geo, but if it was 26 and you asked them for modern LLS geo, wouldn’t the bb being really low be an issue? If it’s 26 wheels that would have it loooow yeah? I might be wrong though.
But I’m all for you going 26 if it can work. Indeed parts would be cheap as fuck.
Edit to add that I have a 170 travel bike and a short travel 130 trail bike. I thought I’d use the short travel bike often but in reality I almost always take the 170 bike even on longer xc rides.
Not that I’d ever tell someone not to buy another bike though. You absolutely should do it. But be prepared to find you end up favouring one and the other just sits there.