manueloFRCR
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I think we can all agree that bikes and emtb's a whole are getting "larger" on average as time goes by. Likewise as technology, understanding, demand, marketing departments desires increase - components and bikes often offer stronger (and in turn, often heavier) options. Like 38mm Zeb's and Fox's as an example.
Just because people are 2m tall doesn't mean they should be excluded. Being taller doesn't mean you can't be a great rider and still enjoy the sport, look at Cathro.
In an ideal world, maybe an XL version of a bike would also have a different component spec. But this either doesn't exist or would be prohibitively expensive for a company to develop and test with a bike. They are still companies and still have to make a profit to survive and make more bikes. If you accommodate a higher MSW into all the product sizes, the bike will ultimately be heavier and certainly wouldn't perform as well for a lighter smaller rider. The proportional difference between bike and rider weight would be lower, which would in turn require far more precise/expensive suspension items - but it would still be a much more unpleasant handling bike.
For the more mass positive rider they will ultimately have a smaller choice. But there are companies out there who let you spec differently when choosing the bike, which may also result in a higher MSW - like Propane or Thok (if you e-mail them).
If anything, it's getting harder and harder for smaller riders to find a suitable bike (not trying to draw attention away from the higher MSW issue). You only need to read the pain suffered on the ladies thread.
Zimmerframe do you have the title of the thread by any chance ?
