Originally Posted by
Jeff Neese
I hardly put forth that I think I know what is best for others.
I saw that, but perhaps he might consider that he could get a better overall bike by foregoing that one thing
I bolded this because it is what I disagreed with the most.
What makes the Straggler a better overall bike? Inferior brakes, significantly higher cost, inferior tires and wheels, inferior tire clearance...is it really just that the Straggler has generic and unknown spec steel tubing while the Grizl has an aluminum frame and carbon fork? Thats seen as a feature to many, not a drawback.