Looking for some help in designing my first non mountain bike.
Currently learning how to braze, I've picked up set of Nova Slant Six OS lugs and a beefy tube set.
What I want is a bike that could get used for anything and everything not mtb. Some road training, some gravel, maybe cx race, a tour, and commuting.
I've been mountain biking since 1992 and never owned a road bike.
My wheelhouse is slack aggressive "all mountain" bikes, or by the current hot trend "enduro" bikes. Bikes with 150-160mm of travel, 66 degree head angles, and designed to do this, and yet still climb up a mountain.
Angles on the lugs are, Seat 79º, Top Head 79º, and Bottom Head 60º. I'd like to run discs as it's wet here in North Vancouver during winter and my commute eats brake pads.
Is it asking too much to have one bike that could cover everything? Road rides won't be with Cat1 hammers, most likely just solo training. Is there a bike on the market that I could just copy the geo from? In the full suspension mtb world I can read the head angle, chainstay length, seat angle and wheel base and know how something is going to ride. In my reading on here it seems you guys talk another language with the bike needing to "fit under the rider" and don't go by hard geo numbers.
Where do I start? Should I go to a road shop and get a "fit" then translate that into geo?
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