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expired Posted by wulongmercs • Aug 1, 2022
Aug 1, 2022 4:18 PM
Alchemy Arktos 120 Mountain Bike - Carbon Frame, Dropper Post, GX, Fox Factory $4199 Shipped
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$150 professional assembly. So how to get free assembled shipping?
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Any tax to cali?
The big problem with buying online from a super small company is there is no way to see up close or certainly ride it. Very few are dropping this much coin with buying without riding.
The big problem with buying online from a super small company is there is no way to see up close or certainly ride it. Very few are dropping this much coin with buying without riding.
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The big problem with buying online from a super small company is there is no way to see up close or certainly ride it. Very few are dropping this much coin with buying without riding.
Looking at the overall geo and the rider height range recommendations from Alchemy I ordered a size XL back in November. After riding the bike for several weeks I started to experience some back and shoulder discomfort that just wouldn't go away. Poring over the geo chart and comparing it to several recent bikes I've comfortably tested, I zeroed in on two numbers as potential culprits: the reach and the stack height. At roughly 520mm of reach, it's the longest bike I've tested by about 10mm (the Pyga Hyrax, which I loved, is 510mm). The Arktos 120 stack height is slightly lower than the average trail bike we looked at last year, and according to my own measurement of the saddle-to-bar drop it's a whopping inch and a half lower than my personal bike.
Test pilot profile height: 190cm (6'3″) weight: 72.5kg (160lb) testing zone: Southeast, USA
After chatting with Ryan at Alchemy and Nic from Simbol we decided to swap out the XL for a size large to reduce the reach. To be honest I was skeptical that would make a difference; my money was on the stack height being too low. Over the past few years many riders have been sizing up in order to get longer reaches, and don't necessarily want or need the taller stack heights and longer seat tube lengths associated with bigger sizes. I also ordered a set of 50mm Diety riser bars as a backup in case the shorter reach (and even lower stack height) didn't improve the fit for me.
Cutting to the chase, the 494mm reach on the size large Arktos provided a more comfortable fit, though still not 100% ideal. I also tried a higher hand position on the size large but found the bike handles better without the riser bar. My takeaway is that the combination of a long reach with a low stack height just stretched me out too much on the bike. I think either one by itself — an extended reach or a low stack height — works ok for me, but not both.
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