Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
Keep in mind that if you are using flat bars, you usually want a longer top tube becuase your hand positions on the bars is not very far forward of the steerer tube. But if you were using drop bars and you usully rode with your hands on the hoods, then your hand positions on the bars is much farther forward. You did not say what kind of bars you plan to use. And, do you lean very far forward or not?
Thanks Tourist. I’ll definitely be going with drops as this will be a longer-distance gravel grinder for me. Was just trying to determine if the “real world feel” of the stated reach of the bike made it feel cramped at all. I don’t like to be too far forward, but also don’t want to be straight up either. For comparison, the reach on the Backroad in the ML size is 367mm, while the reach on the GR270 is 385mm. Heck, the reach on the XS size of the GR270 is even at 370mm, hence my concern about being cramped.