Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
. I know it isn't a scientific measurement technique, but, humor me. When you have your elbow against the nose of the saddle, do your fingers reach the bars? They should. Just reaching is good. A little bit of overlap isn't terrible at your age. Again, I can say that because I am older than you. FWIW
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I'll check this when I get home, but looking at the geometry table for the bike, the top tube and stem total 26", and my elbow to fingertip length is 20". The seat is four or five inches in front of the post, but that still makes the nose to handlebar length 21 or 22". My fingertips are probably going to come up an inch or two short of the bar, if not more.