Originally Posted by
cfernandez
I do say that I love riding the Bottecchia, but wonder if it could be better with a smaller frame. Just aesthetically, it looks big to me and the seatpost looks strange with so little showing. For a vintage ride does this bike look "normal"?
Assuming the "fit" is equal, the Bottecchia looks good to me.
It's the Trek that looks like it was "made to fit"
Granted, LaMond frames are known to have long top tubes for a given seat tube size.
So many different saddles on these bikes, how are you double checking your saddle position fore/aft?