Originally Posted by 53-11_alltheway
In regards to the road bike:
It sounds like you need more top tube no? Do you really need more seat-tube?
If you want a shorter stem there are two ways of going about it:
1. Get a longer top tube
2. Steepen the seat tube angle (while keeping top tube length the same) if you have more room for a set-back seatpost.
I'm doing option 1 and 2 right now. My new bike has a 57.5 cm top tube (.5 cm longer than current frame), but a 1 degree steeper seat tube angle which allows me to use 1.5cm more set-back on my seat. Net result is that I'll be going from a 130mm stem to a 110mm stem. (.5cm longer top tube + 1.5cm more seat set-back...switching from straight clamp post to 1.5cm set-back post)
I'm confused as to why you want more seat tube? Do you want higher handlebars also?
No, I do not want higher handlebars... I have a 20 mm spacer on the fork (steertube) right now. If I went with say a 65 cm frame I could remove the spacer, have the bars directly above the headset and get a longer seat tube and top tube with maybe a 1 cm shorter stem. The question is whether the bigger frame will handle better, be more responsive, etc than a long stem, short top tube combo.
I will post a few fit pics tomarrow...