XTC advanced 29'er with Works Components angle reducer headset (knocking it to 70 degrees), Zipp -25 stem and Power saddle for zipping around up and down as quickly as possible on the South east trails
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- Sep 8, 2016 at 22:57Sep 8, 2016
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London, United Kingdom
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- NW1
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the stock geometry was sketchy - with 71.5 degree HA, short chainstays and slightly short front end. heavy loading of rider onto the front tire with little forgiveness at low speed. lots of people said similar on bike forums. geometry not reflecting modern technical XC courses. The new 2017 model is brand new, slimmed down and slacker longer geo.
I fitted the Works Components headset to take my bike to 70 degree, which drop BB, give longer front centre, more rake = super sweet, sketchyness is gone. bike longer, slacker and much more forgiving. feels you can rip so fast.
Saddle is best with rotated foward pelvic postion so needed to drop bar and extend reach. lots of experiment and the -25 Zipp stem was superb. Tried range of lengths and 90mm was perfect. feels like 650 bike height at front and much easier to pop wheelies!
I fitted the Works Components headset to take my bike to 70 degree, which drop BB, give longer front centre, more rake = super sweet, sketchyness is gone. bike longer, slacker and much more forgiving. feels you can rip so fast.
Saddle is best with rotated foward pelvic postion so needed to drop bar and extend reach. lots of experiment and the -25 Zipp stem was superb. Tried range of lengths and 90mm was perfect. feels like 650 bike height at front and much easier to pop wheelies!
I also changed the head angle on my hardtail by swapping the rear wheel for 650b