Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
Interesting bike. I took a look at its Geo though, it has a 70.3 degree HT angle with 73 degree ST angle. What if anything does this imply about its handling characteristics? Most bikes have those 2 angles closer together.
Yes definitely a very interesting frame. I think this kind of "slacker" geometry (gravel bike inspired) will eventually become the norm for endurance road bikes, with more stable, less twitchy handling. Only full-on race bikes really benefit from super-quick handling and yet pretty much all performance road bikes still have "race" geometry. Gravel bikes have moved on from standard road geometry and now we are seeing frames like this that cover both gravel and endurance road applications in equal measure. If people are being honest with themselves, this is the kind of bike that would probably serve 90%+ of performance road riders better than a typical road race geometry.