Yeah my newer Sunday I just did a -2 ha and its 13.6 bb with the boxxer and 47.50 WB but its also a large.
Yeah I actually run middleburn 170s and crampon pedals with no issues. In and out of rocks its a solid set up for clearance.
What gets me is this one I have pictured here had a longer WB and lower bb than the one I just built up last week that has a slacker ha.
Only thing I can figure is manufacturing.
From what I know, 05-06 frames had different HA - 65.5*, which is 0.5 degree steeper than 07-09, but the defference should be the other way...probably you're right
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