taldfind

Wow, fat fingers hit submit too soon. Anyway... I agree that the judges informing the riders and viewers of thier pre-run score for each rider's line will go the longest way to help more people understand the score a rider gets after their run.

I think the idea of the judges informing the riders and v

@mattg95: that made my day!

@cjshaw636: In the real world, changing the stem, top headset, spacing between stem and top headset, and handlebar rise can all impact a bike's RAD. On my Excel calculator, I use trigonometry to enable me to calculate the impact of the above inputs, plus frame reach, head angle and stack, on a bike's RAD. That way, I'm trying to find the bike and set up that comes closest to the RAD, RAAD, and RAD/Rear Center Ratio that looking for. That said, I'm not super strict with applying the results to real world purchases. It helps me narrow the field of options to just a handful of bikes, and helps me know what set up to use for whichever of those bikes I end up purchasing. I happened to buy the top scoring enduro bike in 2021, in large part because there was one available at a local dealer. If I was to buy a trail bike, I would likely get the #4 scoring bike since it has more space in the front triangle, and is easier to get locally than the bikes that score better. And I'm confident I would love that #4 bike.