Originally Posted by BigAura

+1 on both analyses. Fortunately the first is under your control. I'd do that first, it can't end up being a bad decision.

As far as the bike is concerned you may want to consider raising the handlebars and/or ditching the dropbars, especially if your time in the drops is nil. Here's my LHT with it's North Road bars setup to be a couple of inches higher than my saddle.



I'm 63 now, but decided do this upright rigging, a few years back, after experiencing some hand numbness when riding high mileage days (>90 miles).