Another awesome video Spencer. Great riding and beautiful trails. If I lived out there I would spend a few dollars with Fanatic, they seem like a great crew. I'd love to get out there one day and ride.
Wow so glad I found your personal channel. You are hands down the best rider & reviewer combo out there. Here is a request for a video someday. Tweaks we can do to personalize our bike. Stem length, stem height, handlebar widths how these types of changes affects our bike. I just rode stumjumper 15 in a parking lot/neighbor hood. Surprisingly snappy, pedals great one bike quiver. It was not easy for me to lift front end. Would a higher rise bar, higher, shorter stem help me there? So far the Tallboy feels best underneath me but I think if I could lift front end easier this one could work for me. 6-1 bigger guy like you on s4 stumpy or Love my hot, sexxxxy, ravishing, dazling, tempting GODESS Tallboy.
Yeah that's a good idea. I'll try to make an upload about that. The S4 has a shorter chain stay, but yes the higher the bars are the easier it will be to pull up that front end. And a shorter stem couldn't hurt. Since I grow up riding in the skate park I like my stems as short as possible! I was running the stem at the highest setting for review.
The Stumpjumper 15 is also available with a 160mm Öhlins configuration. Do you miss that 10mm less travel on that configuration? Or any comparison to similar bikes like the Canyon Spectral in the 160mm configuration?
Lever/Caliper on Maven should be identical in braking power, but rotor, pad and most importantly proper bedding can set them apart. That being said it’s possible the ones you have need a piston massage.
The Switchblade felt like it had a more supple top end of the stroke. The Stumpy feels more soft somehow - maybe frame stiffness. I think the Stumpy feels better at higher speeds too. Fairly similar bikes though. The slacker head tube angle and lower BB on the stumpy probably make it feel more stable.
Good call, I should touch on that in the next upload. I'd say this one is more snappy, easier to pop, and maybe less flex? It just seemed to hold its line well.
