Originally Posted by
RTDub
I just sold my similar build, and it looks like you did what I was forced to do. The MTB geometry with road bars makes the reach unacceptable. I had to go from a 110mm stem to a 70mm with compact bars, otherwise I'd have to be built like a gorilla to be comfortable. Dig the color of the frame.
Yeah the first rendition of this bike (first pic in the thread) didn't take into consideration
any kind of sizing, so it felt like I was riding the Bat-Bike from the Dark Knight, because the bars were so low and stretched out and the fat tires. This time around I put a bit more thought into it, and comparing (rough) measurements from my current commuter and the new build, it's
really close. The saddle needs to be dropped a smidge, but the reach to the hoods is only about 0.5-1 cm longer and the saddle is zeroed out fore/aft in the pictures, so I should have a little breathing room. I think it will work, but until I ride it, I won't know. Fingers crossed.....