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Here's the offical el patron specs.
Could someone double check my math? At first I thought I would fit perfect on the 18". I'm currently riding a 23.25" top tube on 71/73 geometry. (med racerx 100)
As I looked closer I noticed the seat angle was pretty steep. So to get the proper position over the BB I'd prolly need to run a setback post. This would then increase MY effective top tube. I calculated about a ~.6" increase. So for me to compare apples to apples I need to add 0.6" to the posted El Patron tt length.
So now the 16" bike seems to be my size. Am I missing something?
Now on to head angle. The 29er forks are long. My current 26er fork is 470mm. An 80mm reba 29er is 490mm. This would cause a difference in fork offset of 6.5mm. Will I notice this? I noticed "floppy" steering on a ti racerx 29er I demod last month. I don't know what the HA was tho.
I'm thinking if I want the bike to steer the same as my current one I'd need the 29er to be about 71.8 deg on the head angle to have the same fork offset.
3rd concern is the relatively high BB. High in respect for a 3" travel xc bike. Is this something unique to 29ers?
I'm stoked about getting this bike. Just want to make sure there are no suprises. Thanks.
Could someone double check my math? At first I thought I would fit perfect on the 18". I'm currently riding a 23.25" top tube on 71/73 geometry. (med racerx 100)
As I looked closer I noticed the seat angle was pretty steep. So to get the proper position over the BB I'd prolly need to run a setback post. This would then increase MY effective top tube. I calculated about a ~.6" increase. So for me to compare apples to apples I need to add 0.6" to the posted El Patron tt length.
So now the 16" bike seems to be my size. Am I missing something?
Now on to head angle. The 29er forks are long. My current 26er fork is 470mm. An 80mm reba 29er is 490mm. This would cause a difference in fork offset of 6.5mm. Will I notice this? I noticed "floppy" steering on a ti racerx 29er I demod last month. I don't know what the HA was tho.
I'm thinking if I want the bike to steer the same as my current one I'd need the 29er to be about 71.8 deg on the head angle to have the same fork offset.
3rd concern is the relatively high BB. High in respect for a 3" travel xc bike. Is this something unique to 29ers?
I'm stoked about getting this bike. Just want to make sure there are no suprises. Thanks.
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