PurpleFrog
Kona Fan
So GT made 900 different models with the same geometry - some from one sort of aluminium, some from another, some from steel made by Zen monks, others from fossilized mammoth bones and a few from a composite material made out of pressed ferns. Kona wasn't quite as willing to experiment, but they were out there, and Spesh made Stumpjumpers out of that weird metal matrix stuff as well as alu and steel. And of course the designers often varied tube diameters to get the best out of these materials.
What I'm wondering is how different do these bikes feel? Do a Zaskar and a Psyclone, to take what might be the most extreme comparison, feel very different? Do they handle differently? Or does the geometry really set the handling and feel?
What I'm wondering is how different do these bikes feel? Do a Zaskar and a Psyclone, to take what might be the most extreme comparison, feel very different? Do they handle differently? Or does the geometry really set the handling and feel?