Hi John Bozi,
Dont get me wrong, the glory has as good ground clearance as possible for an 8" travel bike. The AFT kit hangs no lower than the stock bashplate. But landing onto rocks and roots, and hopping over logs etc, it gets smacked into stuff (not regularly, but because of that, it can catch you unaware).
A 6" travel AM bike would maintain higher ground clearance but not give you the awesome ride or solid build and brakes, of the glory.
My concern for wormsman was just that the angle and height of the GNG looks like it would potentially bring the bike to a sudden stop if it hit something solid or dug in on a landing or ledge.
It will be no problem at all hopefully. Just a tip to be careful. I hit my pedals good a few times until i got used to taking the big suspension into account.
Pedal to floor clearance is 5 1/2" roughly (crank pointed straight down) which is 2" higher/more than my roadie, but once the suspension is compressed...
I'll be more than happy to be proven wrong and hear it's awesome and clearance is fine. It just looks like a potential danger to me, and it seemed the right thing to comment, just in case wormsman hadnt taken into account it will drop 8" closer to the ground during hard riding.
The pedal clearance just takes a slight bit of getting used to. Its a catch 22, the suspension is so good you can pedal through the rough stuff, but that same suspension sometimes drops the pedals to potential ground hitting height when you do. And that's where the motor comes in
For me the glory seemed the best choice. For reasons i wont go into, but basically, handling, strength, brakes, comfort. This is the best i've ridden. I'd see if you can test ride one somehow and see what you think (then imagine it with a motor).
Cheers,
Jesse