My friends and I are avid mountain bikers, and semi-frequent road bikers and most of us have a pretty decent grasp on the effect of the main factors that will affect how a bike rides and handles and discussions are often had on the validity and suitability of different bikes geo choices for different kinds of riding. None of us are experts and we couldn’t tell you exactly how a bike would feel just by looking at the geometry, but you get a decent mental model after a while.
My friends and I are avid mountain bikers, and semi-frequent road bikers and most of us have a pretty decent grasp on the effect of the main factors that will affect how a bike rides and handles and discussions are often had on the validity and suitability of different bikes geo choices for different kinds of riding. None of us are experts and we couldn’t tell you exactly how a bike would feel just by looking at the geometry, but you get a decent mental model after a while.