I recently had to turn down a grassroots sponsorship offer from Cove Bike Shop due to the wheelbase on their DH bike being shorter than I need. Because I’m tall, it is hard to find bikes that have a long enough wheelbase, even in Large sizes. Unfortunately, the wheel base of the of the Cove Shocker is 37mm shorter than my Commencal.

I’m pretty disappointed because it’s a pretty neat bike and that I won’t be riding for our local bike shop. Cove have been building excellent bikes on the North Shore for a long time and have a lot of cool people working in the shop which I think I could have benefited from. Hopefully there will be more opportunities in the future!