It depends on how you ride and the nature of the bike. I found heavier, burlier big travel bikes do better with a steeper STA in the 77-78 range. My Murmur sits there and it pedals up the hill real easily as a result and I don't have to spend a ton of time pedaling out of the saddle. OTOH my SST does a lot better with a slightly slacker STA, makes it easier to get off the saddle and sprint or step, which is harder on the Murmur.
Computers have a good reason to continue growth, vendors keep adding new features to their software and demand for resources grows as a result. A lot of inefficient, poorly written code out there that assumes cycles and memory consumption aren't an issue in todays world doesn't help. I feel like it's somewhat the opposite of riding bikes though, at least around here the trend is for "sustainability" and our gnarlier, more demanding trails are being paved over to blue trail hell. It's easier to get by with less now than it was 5 years ago.
March 26, 2024, 5:43 p.m. - Shinook
It depends on how you ride and the nature of the bike. I found heavier, burlier big travel bikes do better with a steeper STA in the 77-78 range. My Murmur sits there and it pedals up the hill real easily as a result and I don't have to spend a ton of time pedaling out of the saddle. OTOH my SST does a lot better with a slightly slacker STA, makes it easier to get off the saddle and sprint or step, which is harder on the Murmur. Computers have a good reason to continue growth, vendors keep adding new features to their software and demand for resources grows as a result. A lot of inefficient, poorly written code out there that assumes cycles and memory consumption aren't an issue in todays world doesn't help. I feel like it's somewhat the opposite of riding bikes though, at least around here the trend is for "sustainability" and our gnarlier, more demanding trails are being paved over to blue trail hell. It's easier to get by with less now than it was 5 years ago.