I'm 6' 1.5'' in height and I bought a used 58cm Synapse Alloy 105 2013 off of craigslist here locally. I've been toying around with the seat position, stem, and handlebar angle to get a good fit for me. The seat is 'max' forward as indicated by the measurement system on the metal rails under the seat. I'm resisting angling my handlebars up.

Here's the deal:

When I come forward onto the hoods I am what seems like an inch or two short of being right on/ in the hoods.

When I reach out for the hoods my elbows are almost straight / I am putting a little bit of pressure on my hands to hold me up / and sometimes my ass feels like it could go back on the seat a bit further.

I feel as though I am right over the pedals and I don't want to move my seat forward past what is shown on the adjustment indicator.

My seat post is maybe 3.5'' out of the top of the seat post tube.


Do I have a slighter longer lower body than upper body? Should I just ride more in hopes that my flexibility takes care of this? My worst fear (did I buy too big a bike and would a 56 probably fit me better?) I mention the 3.5'' seat post because if I translated that over to a 56cm wouldn't I have a real tall seat post / seat post almost fully extended? Or not quite?

I'm tempted to film a short segment of me on the bike and see what the deal is. In trying to not go with too short a stem I ordered a 90mm (only 10mm) down from the one that is currently on the bike.