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Old 07-20-17 | 09:37 AM
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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

While nothing indicates this will help, you can try raising the handlebars. It just might compensate for too long a reach. But do this only after you've changed the stem and still feel too stretched out. When I say raising the handlebars, I really mean changing to a stem that does this.

Spending a large amount of money is an exercise in self-fulfilling satisfaction. In your mind, you need a rationale to justify what you've spent. This is not as shallow as a placebo effect, because the satisfaction is real. I've certainly done this to myself on some expensive purchases. But I mention it in case you would rather avoid the expense of a custom frame or even the off the shelf carbon frame suggested above. That suggestion has merits, too, and it should cost less than a custom frame.

I've owned lots of bikes of various sizes and gotten them to fit me one way or another. One of them is officially too small for me, and I just put an extra tall stem on it. It looks dorky, but riding it feels fine.
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