lil demulleting experimentation… 4science

~20mm axle drop. giving about ~7mm BB drop. which in this case is either equal to or a hair higher than the standard low flip chip setting with stock MX wheels. (the bike is obviously run in high flip chip for the smaller wheel)

the drop gives + ~1 degree geometry overall. while dropping effective stack by 7mm and raising effective reach by 9mm

solutions to ‘fix’?

1. run a reverse tapered spacer (if you can find one) adding 10mm ‘steerer height’, and either accept 10mm loss or upfork by 10mm

2. upfork by 20mm, adjust suspension psi/balance to taste, and call it a day

3. keep the steeper geometry, if desired, and run a riser bar that will increase stack and reduce reach to approximate original bar feel/body position. if still riding tech, run shorter cranks to approximate previous high BB mode. 5-10mm shorter, ideally. (keeping in mind, this set up is either the same or still higher than the low flip chip in MX, which most people are likely running anyway)

(but honestly is feels quite good as is, again, the numbers it sits in in this config are not worlds apart from various bikes designed stock in the past… especially in terms of BB height, brands like Specialized and Transition often go lower anyway, even at longer travel)