Revel says that a 170mm fork will be fine. Stock builds, including my loaner test bike, come with 160mm forks. I have to say, I wish the TRPs were stock. I will rant and rave about those things until the day I die, but just know that the stock builds come with Sram Codes or Shimano XTs depending on the build kit. Second, we’re going to talk about the brakes. The 175mm RaceFace Turbine dropper is too short for an XL, especially when there’s plenty of room in the frame for a longer dropper. I’m spoiled to have the legs of a baby giraffe, and I’m getting to the point where anything less than 200mm of drop feels short. The dropper post is shorter than I’d care for. But, in this case, I’m going to talk about two components. First of all, I rethink they only have a minor impact on the ride quality of the bike when compared to suspension design and geometry, and second, not everyone is going to have the same build as me. I rarely talk about components in these reviews. We’ll get more into how that impacts ride quality in just a second here. Overall, it’s a pretty compact bike for the enduro category. Put it all together and you’ve got a 1257mm wheelbase. The reach is a healthy 494mm and the chainstays are a nice and tidy 436mm. It gives the bike a racy feel not too dissimilar to the Yeti SB130. It’s paired to a pretty low front end with only a 646mm stack height on my size XL frame. The Rail 29 is on the steeper end of the enduro bike scale. It’s a great climber and what it lacks in capability, it makes up for in maneuverability. The Rail 29 falls into the latter category. They’re still massively capable, but they fall on the more maneuverable, playful, and nimble side of the spectrum. Bikes like the Rocky Mountain Altitude and Orbea Rallon come to mind. Then you have enduro bikes that get closer to blurring the lines between enduro and all-mountain. It’s slack as hell, packs a big punch with 170mm of travel both front and back and has a wheelbase as long as a city bus. On one hand, you have bikes like the Transition Spire. I see enduro bikes starting to fall into two subcategories these days.
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