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Old 10-04-16 | 06:14 PM
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Mad Jack
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Originally Posted by jefnvk
So, what exactly is wrong with the Le Tour?
Maybe nothing! I was thinking about replacing the cast iron bike seat with a Zacro Gel Bike Saddle BS053 or Sunlite Cloud-9, toe-clips, grab-on for the handle bars, some USB rechargeable lights for front and rear, fenders or carrier to keep the mud off my back, and something to hold my cell phone. Before doing that, I thought I'd start to see first if I'm starting with the right bike.

The bike frame size calculators on multiple sites said I should have a 22 1/2" frame so I picked up a Le Tour with a 23" frame. The seat sits quite a ways out of the tube to get my legs in the right position, but with the handlebars at the max, they are at least 2" below the seat. My concern is too much pressure on my arms for too long making them weak and ending up going over the handle bars on a rapid stop, which is precisely what happened with the 20" Continental. Now I wish I had picked up a 25", which would max me out for stand-over height, but allow the handle bars to be at least even with the seat.
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