pvd666

Listening to marketing people is a total waste of time.

This bike is "A woman specific", custom tailored for my wife. The geometry is absolutely cutting edge, it's designed for how she rides, the tubes chosen for the forces she puts into the frame, and she got to pick the color from hundreds of choices. Few men have ridden a bike this progressive or custom. https://www.peterverdone.com/vega/

@mikelevy: I do a lot of work to back up everything that I discuss and make, then I ride it on real trail. That I show proper setup prints is far more than #pinkbike has ever done. I have seen ZERO actual setup prints in any article on your channel. Seriously, most of the tech articles are flat out wrong, misleading, or ad copy. That's not a difference of opinion or theory, that's a whole different universe. You might believe that I don't understand bike geometry or setup, but you're not basing that on proven knowledge. I'm in a different position. Example, in almost every article your folks write, you refer to the location of the upper head bearings as a parameter of value. Can you explain that? Why is the upper head bearing so important on a mountain bike? What does that do for a rider when climbing or descending on a trail? Here's the game; show us. Include an actual setup print of the bikes that you are 'testing'.

"@mikelevy: We don't even look at geometry numbers." I fixed that for you. Seriously. Your statements describe such a very low level of testing that, in the real world, means that you are doing marketing...which you are. I'm sorry bro, your marketing outlet continually demonstrates no understanding of bike geometry or actual bike setup. I know that you can't do that as it might effect your advertising and cost you a lot more in payroll but just call it as it is, a shill.

@fartymarty: It is impossible to have a discussion about fit and geometry without that. BikeCAD makes it easy but isn't super friendly with fs bikes. Still, very useful. https://www.peterverdone.com/bikecad-pro-17-5-and-bikecad-free-17-5/ You can see how I approach that on my wife's recent bike. https://www.peterverdone.com/bikecad-pro-17-5-and-bikecad-free-17-5/ https://www.peterverdone.com/suckered-by-junk/

@fartymarty: the best reference is the end of the grip to the crank axis. You should develop a setup print of your bike to define all of the driving parameters.