Published On Jul 10, 2022
With all the confusion around long reach and short reach and with bikes now being sold with frame sizing names like “C1” and “S2” or “long and longer”, how do you know if you’ve bought the wrong size MTB? Doddy and Anna are going to swap bikes to show you exactly what that looks like and the effects a wrongly sized bike can have.
⏱ Timestamps ⏱
0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Bike is too small
1:51 - Bike is too big
2:24 - Handlebars are too low
3:26 - Handlebars are too high
4:02 - Saddle height is too low
5:40 - Saddle height is too high
6:47 - Reach is too short
9:32 - Reach is too long
10:40 - Handlebars are too narrow
12:25 - Handlebars are too wide
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