Can small MTB setup changes upgrade your older trail bike? Easy geometry for better cornering
Can small MTB setup changes upgrade your older trail bike? Easy geometry for better cornering.
Shorter, Slacker, and Lower. MTB Geometry test ride. Trek Fuel
This is the firs ride since making some big changes to my Trek Fuel EX 9.8. I swapped to a shorter stem while slacking the head tube angel be .5 degrees and changed my frames Mino link to the "low" position after changing to shorter 170mm Truvativ DUB Carbon cranks.
00:00 intro
00:55 Trail comments
01:34 sweet POV footage
03:06 Conclusion
Stem and HTA swap: • Decrease HTA on MTB and Shorter Stem. Trek...
Sram Truvativ DUB crank installation: • SRAM DUB Crankset install. Swapping 175 mm...
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Funn 45mm stem: https://amzn.to/3JnJkgk
Reverse Components .5 degree HTA angle spacer: https://amzn.to/3KXViO4
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Each of these small changes added up to a huge change in how I rode the bike. I'm amazed at how long I can ride and still find ways to dramatically improve how I ride and how riding feels!