I see there are other threads talking about a mullet setup, but thought I'd create a separate one specifically for the 2022 Altitude Powerplay.
Some background: My first ebike was a Decoy, and initially I was apprehensive about that big old 29 on the front, but grew to like it a lot. The Decoy is a mullet with 27.5 on the back. I still have this Decoy. Then I also got a Commencal Meta SX Power and that was a 27.5. I then did the mullet conversion and preferred that setup, but I'm going to revert this bike back to a 27.5 and then sell it.
I've spoken to a few different people and bike stores about converting the Altitude to a mullet. It's great this bike has the Ride-4 system as that allows the possibility to keep the geo of the bike very similar if using the steepest settings with a 27.5" back wheel. The general consensus from the bike stores ranges from "that will be amazing - just do it" to "the bike will be slightly slacker and the bottom bracket will be slightly lower, but should be fine. We've had people do it, and the majority of the people who do it stick with the mullet setup". I'm going to do it as well. I have a nice set of NOBL carbon wheels that I'll pull from the Meta.
The trails I ride are the BC North Shore mountains. I'm not really a double-black diamond rider (although I ride a few), but I tend to mainly ride the fairly slow and tight black tech/gnar trails.
What are others thoughts? I can totally see why people would want to keep the 29 setup, but it's nice to know the mullet setup isn't too crazy if people want to do it as well.
Some background: My first ebike was a Decoy, and initially I was apprehensive about that big old 29 on the front, but grew to like it a lot. The Decoy is a mullet with 27.5 on the back. I still have this Decoy. Then I also got a Commencal Meta SX Power and that was a 27.5. I then did the mullet conversion and preferred that setup, but I'm going to revert this bike back to a 27.5 and then sell it.
I've spoken to a few different people and bike stores about converting the Altitude to a mullet. It's great this bike has the Ride-4 system as that allows the possibility to keep the geo of the bike very similar if using the steepest settings with a 27.5" back wheel. The general consensus from the bike stores ranges from "that will be amazing - just do it" to "the bike will be slightly slacker and the bottom bracket will be slightly lower, but should be fine. We've had people do it, and the majority of the people who do it stick with the mullet setup". I'm going to do it as well. I have a nice set of NOBL carbon wheels that I'll pull from the Meta.
The trails I ride are the BC North Shore mountains. I'm not really a double-black diamond rider (although I ride a few), but I tend to mainly ride the fairly slow and tight black tech/gnar trails.
What are others thoughts? I can totally see why people would want to keep the 29 setup, but it's nice to know the mullet setup isn't too crazy if people want to do it as well.
