Please explain long stems??

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

The thing is that every rider should understand how his own body works on a bike, and should understand the bike too. Otherwise how can you interpret that ache that comes up after 30kms on the trail, but is completely absent in the shop.

 

There is a reason why all the most succesful motor racers (car and bike) are technically savvy. This allows them to give proper feedback to the engineers in pitlane.

 

Exactomondo. Guys like David16v were solely concentrating on XC bikes. Half the reason for bad setup on AM / FR / Trail bikes...