You know seriously not trying to bum Grant out; I've been a fan of his since before I bought my XO-1. I can appreciate more then most his inventiveness; you don't have to poke around the interwebs too long these days without running into somebody mentioning his name. I certainly don't question the basic premise of longer chainstays and I totally think there's a place for them. My main speed bump on the topic is how long is too long & how long is just right!? When I got my Clementine I stated the chainstay were too long; my opinion at the time & I pretty much got loads of those "how dare you question Grant" type comments, but hmmmmm, what would you have me say? I only try to put myself in Grants position & that is if someone has an issue I'd like to know, especially if it comes out of a customers actual real life experience with a bike they purchased & not just looking at pictures or running the numbers in their head. That's the main thing, right? Scaling up the chain stays totally makes sense, my basic feeling is just recent examples have gone too far. The stays on our small Clementine are totally OK! My medium? At least 1/2" too long and a large I am guessing more then that. It's not a matter of ditching the concept, mearly fine tuning & refining. No shame in that; I'm not being negative; criticism that is only intended to be constructive. When I got my XO-1 I wrote to Grant, saying that I thought the stem was too low & I would have preferred Cantilevered brakes. He suggested I should have bought the next size larger frame (he was right), but the following year the XO-1 came with a different stem & Cantilever brakes. If he hadn't listened to the comments from me (& others I'm sure) would anything have changed? The worst work review I ever got was one that was so flowery, I Told my boss "the only way that could have been any better was if I'd written it myself; but even I wouldn't have been so easy on me" Onwards and upwards.
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