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Old 09-17-20 | 05:27 AM
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Bikes: Merlin Cyrene, Nashbar steel CX

A quick look at the geo chart, of note, the reach on the 61 is only 8mm greater than that of the 58 (409 vs 401mm), while offering almost 2.5 cms more stack. That said, the bike is pretty stretched out by default as it's an aggressive race bike. In a way, I believe this means that from the craning neck standpoint, the 61 could require less craning if adjusted for with a shorter stem.. but with the SLR01 integrated design, I'm not sure how easy it is to eg. go from the 120mm (61cm bike stock size) stem to a 100mm.

This aside, I don't think a 61cm bike would ever be typically recommended for the OPs size characteristics.
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