Originally Posted by EURO
Nah, I can already grab my whole foot with my hand - my flexibility is above average for a roadie, but still way beyond a pro (a bit like my legs and lungs!) - hence the fact my bike isn't set up like a pro's bike.
The spacers are there to stay. I don't think I'll ever be able to do what Rujano is in that picture. Like I say, unless you can do that - even if you are pretty flexible, you are going to feel some serious pain with your bars too low.
Fair do's. But if your bike's a custom job, and you're not going to drop the bars at any stage in the future then why didn't you spec a longer head tube? Looks nicer IMO.
I only ask because I recently purchased a custom Seven and had to go through the whole fit process as well. Started with just a 3.5cm saddle to bar drop, but I knew that my flexibility had room to improve, so I specc'd the frame to give me that drop with an uprise stem and 2cm of spacer. I've taken it down to 6cm bit by bit over 6 months by flipping the stem, reducing spacers etc. I will eventually settle on 6.5cm drop and 1cm spacer, which is where I wanted to be at the end of the day, so I specc'd the frame's headtube length around that.
I'm a short@rse at 5'8 and wouldn't ever want to go below this even if I eventually get flexible enough to tie myself in knots.