General assholery ...Or flatland and street jibs
Its "a tech park frame " But they made it to be flatland friendly .It has similar geometry to the flatware tango but with a shorter rear end .I went from a 19.75 big daddy to this and had to take a link out of my chain (its close to 13 now )
I like the 19.75 myself .
I ride an S&M Dagger Frame & love it. I sell these at my shop along with Colony Sweet Tooth Frames, Total, Tall Order, and more.
I was looking at both frames but went with the park ranger instead mostly due to seeing a bunch of s&ms cracking at the seat tube /seat stay junction . Plus the Sunday brake mounts are a bit more solid
Quote from: smsabb on January 01, 2022, 08:12:34 PMI was looking at both frames but went with the park ranger instead mostly due to seeing a bunch of s&ms cracking at the seat tube /seat stay junction . Plus the Sunday brake mounts are a bit more solidMostly Flat but the frame is well built & solid. I currently have 19in & 19.5in in stock.
I’m 5’-9” and ride a 19” Dagger for flat. But, my latest project is a flat/street hybrid using an S&M ATF frame with 20” TT. I’ve got Intrikat bars, 40mm Enduro stem, 4 pegs, 170mm cranks, recently installed a Flatware minimal offset fork and the last thing I did was grind the rear dropouts to 13.25”. Between the new fork and drop mod, I took an inch out of the wheelbase. This bike feels pretty damn good as sort of a do everything bike. I rode it on our local pump track this past weekend and then, cruised over to the ball courts and rode flatland with it.
I know we’re talking just fractions of an inch or a degree of an angle but, yes, I can feel the differences between this bike and my “flatland only” bike. It’s not dramatic but, certainly noticeable. Any compromises with the flat/hybrid seem worthwhile to me since I can ride the same bike for park and street. As for your selection of 20” TT completes, you should also consider a few things such as the ability to add a front brake, add pegs and none of those bikes have a freecoaster. You may want to swap that rear wheel right away for flatland.