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Old 08-20-14 | 12:58 PM
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klepto1
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Bikes: GT Transeo 5.0, 2014 Giant Defy 1

Sorry it took me a while to get back to reply. I am 5'6. not sure of my cycling inseam. I have a size small. Although I have been recently wondering if I would have been better off with Medium. My previous bike was also a small. With both bikes i have had to raise the seat significantly, then have difficultly reaching the handlebars because they are too low. Makes me wonder if there would have been less adjusting had I got a medium out of gate.

With my older bike I ended up installing stem riser like the one NormanF mentioned above. on my new bike i realized the stem was angled down so I flipped it to angle up. Feels better. But I am still adjusting the seat height after every ride. Yesterday I think I finally took it too far and I will have to bring it slightly down. Flipping the stem helped heightwise, but its still feels far to reach the hoods (and forget about the drops). I think I might need to invest in a shorter stem or experiment with moving the saddle closer to the handlebar.
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