Originally Posted by
THSdrummer
Much appreciation. Do you have a measurement of how much seatpost is showing? Not the overall length of the seatpost, but just how much is out of the frame.
From what I can remember, the BB-to-saddle height on my bikes is 72.5 cm (I have an inseam of 82 cm). Subtracting the seat tube length (50 cm - from the Cannondale website) and the saddle-to-rail height (4 cm) gives
18.5 cm of exposed seatpost up to the clamp. I'm currently out of town on business, I'll try to measure it physically when I get home.
Also, what type of handlebars are those? (I'm just trying to compile a list of traditional/classic bend bars available today)
They're Ritchey Carbon Classic bars. I've just set them up as compact bars while looking for a good deal on Ritchey Logic Carbon bars.
I'm about 5' 9.5". The 56cm frame feels like a monster underneath me. The 54cm feels good, but I'm just curious as to how the 52cm would feel or look. I'd be hard pressed to test ride a 52cm though, I believe. Every bike shop I've talked to steers me back to the 54 or 56...
I was originally looking for a 54 when I first bought the bike (my old TCR size M/L has a TT of 55.5 cm, the CAAD10 54 is 56 cm). I was running a 100 cm stem on the TCR and it's been my very comfortable workhorse prior to the CAAD10. However the stores that had a 54 didn't have the colorway I liked (the Team Edition). All the stores steered me to the 52 (with the stock 100 cm stem). I thought I could squeeze into a 52, but had the hand numbness after doing longer rides.
What did they know of proper (personal) bike fit... Tsk, tsk, tsk.