Old 02-26-13 | 07:02 PM
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From: Yamaguchi City, Japan

Bikes: Trek Madone 5.2 SL 2007, Scott CRI team Issue 2005, ok KG386, R022 Re-framed Azzurri Primo, Felt Z5, Trek F7.3 FX

Thank you Dtrain. The Felt is a similar size (all so called "54cm").

Thanks to you, my next frame will be a bigger one, but it will still be a Taiwan or otherwise Internet import because I can not afford to pay 50% more at the LBS. That is 700USD more. That buys a lot of Chinese 50USD after-parts (check out this saddle!).

I may get a longer stem for my Primo too. When I am on the hoods I am not hunched like that. I wondered why I don't use the drops.

Thanks to kind members I will be advised by K.O.P.S plus front bars over hubs. I will be able to get there even on these small frames, which are by the way, meant to work with my height. The Primo needs another 3cm (or 130mm) of stem too.

I am still wondering about the angle. Sicne there is no way of using the cool FELT shim, I may remove the "cone shaped" spacer in the headset of the Felt as recommended by this esteemed Z5 review. Does anyone know how to remove the cone shaped spacer?

By the way, "the older you do get, the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow," is true. One of them is thou shalt use an LBS though they be beyond your price range. However, if you go your own way, and "do some very odd things in self fitting," you can keep livin.

Last edited by timtak; 02-26-13 at 07:36 PM. Reason: to ask about the cone shaped spacer
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