I think you are all making good points.
Now, there are various degrees of handicap. Someone who can plant their heels with bendt knees, or just their heels with straight legs, or just their toe balls, or just barely their tippy toes, or have both feet dangling high up in the sir - it is different. If you actually were to ride comoetetive MX and intend to win, then you will ride the best bike - feet dangling or not.
HU is about travel. To some it is about riding a decent amount of pretty difficult terrain, with a light load. To others it is riding two up with all their creature comforts and self reliance gear onboard - avoiding the knarliest stuff. To those that lean more to the latter category they will be able to find plenty of superb bikes that won't cause any fear of heights. Those that lean more towards the prior category might have a much smaller selection, many which will be tall. The question then becomes how tall relative to their reach and to what extent they ought to compromise on bike height. I would assume that few woul need to make a compromise if they could plant both toe balls, while just about all that could barely tippy toe ought to.
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