Originally Posted by
Duane Behrens
Your comment is inaccurate. The extension on the quill stem and seat are not extraordinary, they're well within their design limits. So the answer to your question is "no."
I was one of the original naysayers. I was not and am not a hater. I ride an old bike, and even my "new" bike would be considered old by many on this forum. I am glad you like your bike. However, I still stand by my original statements that if you are going to put time and money into restoring an old bike, you might as well start with an appropriate one. You have a long stem and a long seatpost and the geometry works for you. When that bike was new, more than "a handful" of seatpost showing was considered excessive, and stems much more than 110 mm were long. You can make the bike fit, I am glad you like and enjoy it. I am (
TRULY!) not criticizing you. I am just saying that, in 1980, that bike is not what you should have bought.