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I much prefer the old school geometry on STA. I found the new geo put me too far forward. I dont mind scooting up on my seat. maybe those steep STA are designed for the 10 mile climbs they have in actual mountains.

Apparently all these bikes have been ending up in Mexico... https://jalopnik.com/colorado-cyclists-traced-a-ring-of-bike-thieves-down-to-1848254075 Here is the actual interesting details: https://bikeindex.org/news/closing-the-loop-a-deep-dive-on-a-facebook-reseller-of-bikes-stolen-in

@mack_turtle - what he said about center of gravity between wheels - i've been telling people for years and still believe that the neutral position should be with CoG centered between wheel contact patches. So, up/down-hill, turning, whatever, gives the rider the most easy control on keeping that center based upon the dynamic conditions. There's a LOT of tolerance for moving off that when conditions are "easy" but if you have dynamic situations with lots of change then being stuck biased in one direction or the other leads to loss of control (or, rider panic and increased heart rate and blood pressure). @June Bug - yes, we're stlll in Raleigh, probably for at least 2+ more years, ask me again in '23 who knows what will be going on. There's reasons and stuff and Adulting to be done between now and then. And a lot of Western NC mountain biking to be done too ... and some Arkansas riding ... and if I can at least 1 more trip to ATX ... been too long already.

I haven't tried many of them. They are certainly very much in the Scotch whisky tradition...just more expensive. But I've thought the all the ones I've had were good quality. I have noticed that like a US whisky, they tend to age faster than a Scotch. So an 8 or 10 year Japanese whiskey may taste like a 12 or 14 year Scotch. Climate, I suppose.