When I was shopping for a cross/gravel bike in 2018 I was shocked to see how rigid and universal the thinking around road geometry was. None of it made sense for an outlier like me. It seemed like bikes were all pretty much identical across sizes with seatpost offset and stems doing most of the fit work. I think that's just dumb. I ended up designing my own bike with suitable FC/RC/ESTA/ETT for someone my size. The latest XXL Santa Cruz Stigmata is exactly the same dimensions as the bike I built in 2019 so I'm pleased to be vindicated.
April 17, 2024, 1:41 p.m. - Cr4w
When I was shopping for a cross/gravel bike in 2018 I was shocked to see how rigid and universal the thinking around road geometry was. None of it made sense for an outlier like me. It seemed like bikes were all pretty much identical across sizes with seatpost offset and stems doing most of the fit work. I think that's just dumb. I ended up designing my own bike with suitable FC/RC/ESTA/ETT for someone my size. The latest XXL Santa Cruz Stigmata is exactly the same dimensions as the bike I built in 2019 so I'm pleased to be vindicated.