Originally Posted by
Maxacceleration
Nice bike Expat.
I'm 56 also and I hope to have my stem spacers at about the height you are at now. No more full slammed stem for me! Close to level, seat to bars.
When I receive and dial in my Bianchi Tipo Corsa pictured above I hope to be level seat to bars.
Good luck with your bike!
That Bianchi is very, very nice. A real beauty, but my wife saw it on the monitor and vocalized a pre-emptive, "No!"
I like your set-up. I had no idea that you could order a custom fit Bianchi, I was too focused on the Belgium bikes.
I don't necessarily want to slam the stem, but getting a lower position definitely helps with the wind blowing off the west Texas desert. It's taken a year, but I'm completely pain free and will start some more stretching. Probably some basic yoga. And of course, dropping 10lbs would help reduce the belly fat.