Originally Posted by
headwind15
As a road cyclist for over 40 years, bicycle store owner for over 12 years and frame builder for the past twenty years, and a simple guideline according to Greg LeMond is to make sure that there is more seat post sticking out of the frame than size of the head tube. I
Maybe for him. I have over 2" less than that on my 52cm race frame with a horizontal top tube. It's a perfect fit for me and I'm 5-6". Greg was 5''10".
I've been a road cyclist for over 65 years, which has absolutely nothing to do with it. One's physical dimensions have a lot to do with it and the rest is up to the mass marketplace. Unless I were going to have a custom carbon bike built of course. I doubt the builder could do better than what I have, though. I had a pro fit last year. The fitter raised me up a bit - my hip angle was too closed with my -17° slammed stem.