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Bikes: '84 Miyata 610 ‘91 Cannondale ST600,'83 Trek 720 ‘84 Trek 520, 620, ‘91 Miyata 1000LT, '79 Trek 514, '78 Trek 706, '73 Raleigh Int. frame.

Fitting vintage bikes, specifically Treks...

I believe I’m between sizes on the 80’s Trek line up.

I’m 5’10” with an 88.25cm sit bone hight. The 22.5” Treks have me showing quite a bit of seat post, and I’d like the bars a touch higher than they’ll go on a standard (stock) stem.
The saddle to bar reach is very good though, and for faster riding it all works out.

The next size up is a jump the 24” size. This puts the bars nice and high, and gives me the classic “fist full of seatpost” showing, but the bars on the stock stem are too far away. My hands are to far out to allow me to hold my body up.

So so my question is, is it more desirable to have a taller technomic type stem on a slightly smallish bike, or a shorter reach stem on a larger bike?

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