I think MTB's were steered to long top tube short stem route because of Fat 29er wheels and long travel suspension. Doesn't mean it doesn't work well, but it's not unheard of for the bicycle world to sell a compromise as a feature. Maybe 650b wheels are the better compromise?
I admit to being one of those people a few years back that would declare a bike too big or too small because of +/-1cm differences in the top tube and +/-2cm in the seat tube. This attitude was super common on Ibob a few years ago. Nowadays if I can straddle the top tube and the stem I need is commonly available then I'm mostly OK with the design. Custom or limited release stems and I start to think twice. On 5/19/20, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems that many riders are very happy with short stems and bars > compensating for longer top tubes. I'd have to try such a combination > before I paid for one, but it seems there are many different ways to skin a > cat -- so to speak. And now I recollect that modern mountain bikes have > similar design qualities; interesting that the new Atlantis and > Hillborns(?) are following that design trend. > > At any rate, the older, short-top-tube / long stem and bar also works > impeccably for dirt road; perhaps one differentiating criterion is whether > your riding is more road or more singletrack biased? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/6mPLvAp5oEY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtmbCD74rEEUp_Dw0SMhF2Q3as%3Dcn0WPqQb-sx%2BsGgL8g%40mail.gmail.com. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAN94-v-cXZ8w30Eo5jhLkvTuFnhg_Z%2BeoKTPAnRmsSnAJLut9A%40mail.gmail.com.
