![]() It’s unnecessary, idiotic, and overall not good for the industry because it obsoletes older frames that work perfectly fine just because Rockshox couldn’t be bothered to pay for real engineers. The worst part is, is that they easily could’ve done it with imperial sizes, Rockshox couldn’t be bothered to because their engineering department doesn’t exist. It's sold in most built bikes and a la carte builds with a 170mm fork. That’s the only thing metric sizes were touted for, you can go back to the original post about it and check if you doubt me. The published numbers for the 2020 Meta AM 29 maybe don't seem quite as far off as some of the TR numbers. The Meta AM 29 looks very similar to its smaller wheeled sibling, the Meta AM V4.2, but the frame is completely new, sharing only the odd dropout and tube. Rockshox made a new standard to try to compete in the suspension market with their absolute shit show of an engineering department and trash products, and needed to make a new standard to make the ifp sizes proportional between all of their shock sizes. The same argument can be made for metric shock spacing. It could go to 200mm of drop in 31.8 and would last years before even the main seal head would need to be regreased, let alone a rebuild of the post. If ethirteen just put those keys into their old post they literally would have the cheapest, most reliable and durable post on the market. The length of the post is horrible but, that’s a result of the tool free travel adjust feature, and it works fine otherwise. The keys on the new ethirteen vario are f*cking massive, and it fits a standard cartridge in 31.8. The one up post goes to 210m travel, is reliable, durable and works great in 31.8, same thing with all the other 180-200mm posts in 31.8. Hit compare to see this Commencal side-by-side with your bike. I’d much rather have a well engineered, cleverly designed post in 31.8 that will work well because it’s designed well than a 34.9 post that is good regardless of how well it is engineered only because all the internals are bigger and stronger than their 31.8 counterpart. Find bikes that match your geometry criteria. just sounds like a lack of good engineering to me. ![]() If most riders are sizing down then that might say something. It would be a cool analysis to see pro rider heights and the size bikes they choose. Matt Walker, an inch shorter than me, is on a medium switchblade (I would ride an XL) with it's offensive sub 1200mm wheelbase. It's interesting though that the new Switchblade was 'only' 66deg up front. And I can't imagine the Commencal enduro team didn't ask for the changes above. I'm 6'1" (1.85m) on an XL and the bike isn't long or short, it just fkn fits really well with the steeper sta and more generous tt/reach and the slackage helps tame the gnar. I just graduated from a 1215 wheelbase to 1260+. If anyone's griping about longer travel bikes getting too big I can see that as an issue for some. For those that like traditional geo for a mid travel trail bike you can always size down or pick up a Trek or Specialized. Not everyone's on board w/ LLS but the almighty demo is the way to go even though ultimately it just comes down to personal preference and type of terrain/riding the rider prefers. Think Nico's words are good food for thought.
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