Originally Posted by
DMC707
I'm surprised nobody has brought it up ---- but the bike is too big for you if that's the lever rotation and seat placement you are running
--- Now ,or 30 years ago, or whenever --- the post is in a "French fit" position but the seat is all the way forward and the bars (or hoods) rotated back
Seriously -- try another frame or complete bike the next size down and watch things come into perspective --- the hip angle, reach, handling
Hang that thing on the wall and build up another 2 cm smaller --- and I'm not trying to be a jerk -- the pics just show some fit issues--- and much more so than the "30 years" explanation
I had considered that it might be big. However, I dismissed it since out of all my bikes this is the one where I feel I am squeezed/scrunched up the most. I don't experience any such discomfort with any of my other bikes, all of which have modern handlebars and STI shifters.
The size of all the frames is 54 cm, including the one in question, though it is the only one manufactured in the mid-1980's. I'm 5'9" tall with 32" inseam. So unlikely a fit issue. But thanks.
And the only reason this bike is still in my stable is because I rode it when I was 17. I upgraded it to the components that I
really wanted at the time but couldn't afford. So, no, I wouldn't get another one to replace it. There'd be no point.