Originally Posted by
Salamandrine
The silly long chainstays were a selling point for me. Like a longboard but a bike.

Old Stumpys and early Trek 850s had silly long stays too, but not this long.
I attribute a lot of the ride that I like to the outrageously long chainstays on my Trek 620 and 720.
I can only imagine that the Clem has a lot of the same properties.