Originally Posted by
GamblerGORD53
Obviously, the bike is too SMALL. Should have been 58 at least. If you buy another frame, try a 60 first.
As is the bars are below the saddle. That will surely make you fall forward.
Why so many LHTs look like this is beyond me. Get a shorter stem, NOT a smaller/ lower frame.
Sorry, a 60 cm frame would have been way too large for a 5'11" male as most will fit nicely on a 56 LHT because of the longer than average top tube. A 58 cm frame would be adequate only for those that are built like apes, meaning their upper torso is much longer relative to their leg length (which he claims is not his case) or those that really like to be laid out long and flat over the top tube (which I sincerely doubt is the case here since he is using trekking bars and not drops). The amount of seat post showing appears to be quite adequate. My suggestion when we would fit people at the shop is as you have done, seat to the furthest back position AND compensating with a shorter stem, along sometimes with a shorter more high rise stem. What is your stem length now ?