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Thing is that measurement doesn’t tell you anything on its own. It makes sense for road to go off shoulder width biomechanically (plenty of studies you can google if curious) but for flat bars it’s nog that simple. What all these supposed “experts” forget is in the end you also have different arm lengths for a given height to consider as well as the height of the stem and where rider weight is positioned. To further complicate things most cyclists are weak in the upper body if they’re XC focused typically and your DH and enduro riders have more strength on average by quite a bit. Course they also are riding heavier bikes and with heavier tires and reaching speeds that are much higher. But we’re destined to be plagued with long winded articles that never touch base on more than one insignificant factor (this is a dig at all articles on this not just this article) because that’s ultimately the problem: media isn’t asking questions or thinking about all the factors. Just worried about hitting the word count some editor came up with and on to the next boring article that then forum junkies will take as gospel and spread to newbies as such. We need to move away from the idealogues mentality and move towards a scientific one.

Was one of the first to preorder a Starling Big Bird with an intend fork. Tires already here from Terravail. Wheels will be from Velocity USA. Rest will be parts I have laying around. So excited to give it a go. Think for me at 6’2” the mullet is all I need. Am also waiting to see when Twin Six will release their full 32” drop bar mountain bike/gravel bike. One of those with the MN made Berd wheels and a carbon fork should be money!

Yeah came here to say that too. Her response was blatantly unprofessional and not a good attitude to portray when you haven’t got a sponsor and looking. Even if Yeti pulled something. Keep your mouth shut if ya want fed by someone else. It’s also important to acknowledge this is a VERY hard time for the industry and when companies like Ibis are canning their whole programs it’s likely a big reason yeti didn’t renew her contract. And with everyone in the same boat, gotta put your best foot forward.