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Old 03-10-21 | 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveSSS
I'm sorry, but you are wrong. A given saddle height can be correlated to a specific saddle to bar drop. There's so much information missing here that all others can do is post some information, so the OP can determine what frame size he really has and what the stack and reach might really be. One rider might think that a 4cm saddle to bar drop is plenty, but even as a small rider, I use 10cm. Large riders might use 15cm or more. Large riders may also use extremely long stem and a lot of handlebar reach. I've read of one extremely tall pro rider using at least a 170mm custom made stem. I'm assuming that a person buying an S5 doesn't want to make an endurance bike out of it, but who knows.
I'm a little shorter than the OP. When I was in my 30s I would run 10cm drop. Now in my 60s I can't tolerate that much and instead use only 25-35mm. Bike fit is an individual thing for some of us and conventional thinking doesn't always work.
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