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Old 07-13-19 | 07:00 PM
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Bikes: Cheltenham-Pedersen racer, Boulder F/S Paris-Roubaix, Varsity racer, '52 Christophe, '62 Continental, '92 Merckx, '75 Limongi, '76 Presto, '72 Gitane SC, '71 Schwinn SS, etc.

Be careful when looking only at the tube lengths, since a more-relaxed seat tube angle steals roughly 1cm out of the frame's REACH dimension for each 1 degree of lost seat tube angle.
On taller frame sizes, it might be slightly more than 1cm per degree, but for frames less than 58cm is is slightly less than 1cm (per degree of seat tube angle lost).

I should consider trading frames with you, I'm long-legged. But I usually need a 58cm frame with more like a 56cm frame reach.
The Merckx Century frame was more or less made for folks like myself, the only change was to relax the seat tube angle which shortened the forward reach by a cm or so.

I have a ~56cm raleigh Pro, and the Record seatpost is fully up to the limit line with a non-sagging Brooks Pro saddle on it. The stem is fully up there as well. It's a great-riding bike set up like this, but visually it looks a bit stretched.

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