Never thought too much about sizing and fit for MTB... not until recently after a bout with the roadie. The roadie took a good 2 months and I don't think I am there yet. Pretty comfy but still not 100%... can you get it to 100%? Even on the MTB, I went with function over form. Both mtbs now sport a stem boner pointing up.
Anyways, I am now on a hunt for a 27.5 FS frame. The plan is to move over the best parts from the Talon and SL over. I want the new frame to be comfortable but I am at a lost as to what size I need. The Talon is a L and I was told the SL was a L as well. Talon feels slightly big and the SL feels a bit small. Been browsing the measurements of different bikes here and there and they seems to be all over the place. Just as an example, I think it was Orbea? their fit calculator said I should be on a S? Obviously the best thing to do is to ride one... but since I am only looking at a used frame, how do you ride a frame? I suppose one can go to a bike shop and ride the newer counterparts but the measurements can be different from MY to MY.
I think I have finally gotten used to the clipless.... enough so that I have clipless pedals on 3 of the 4 bikes. POSS will never have clipless. It took a while because I was consistently bailing early and it really sucked the fun right out of riding. Out on a ride just to be on a bike... no good. Then one day, I just decided to grow a pair and hammer it down. Its been about good 5 or 6 rides where I haven't had a clipless fail moment but there has been a couple of close calls.
Just a couple of thought to jot down before hitting the trails this AM.