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06-10-20, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SurferRosa

Trading up is probably best. In the meantime, I install a long seatpost and lower the stem.

This frame is a 55cm, at least a half inch smaller than I normally ride. I also use a little wider bar (40cm) than most of my others (38). I could probably stand to add 5-10mm to the 90mm stem. That way, I could raise it a little bit more. For now, I'm more than satisfied. I spend a lot of time in the drops on this one.

Dropping the stem helps? Seems like raising the stem is what is needed on too-small frames. What am I missing?

edit: what crank is that? I like.

Last edited by tricky; 06-10-20 at 02:04 PM.

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