>>1384585Jobst is was a fucking genius engineer, and a fucking absolute unit of a rider who would have taken a sterling silver shit on the TdF riders of his era if he had lowered himself to being a pro racer. So a lot of his opinions have to be understood to be coming from a skillmaxxed genetic freak. I think that the dude legit came here from another planet.
>>1384594Handling would be compromised due to larger wheels and longer chainstay. The solution to a tall headtube is a second topbar. I think that the Rivenmeme rainbow bar is a really nice looking solution imo because it balances out the relatively smaller tires. One of these days I'm going to do some measurements and see if Grant used golden ratio for that shit. Longer chainstay solves the other part of the equation.
