Originally Posted by
repechage
Mod bikes often are dimensioned in stack and reach, can be interpolated to classic machines, just requires some good measures.
Stack and reach are touted as being a better way of measuring bikes but they are just variants of standover and top tube length. Measuring and fitting bicycles really haven’t changed for about 100 years. People are just trying to mystifying it. In the end,
no one asks what your “stack and reach” measurement when you walk into a shop to buy a new bike. The very first thing hey ask you do is to stand over the bike and see if you have enough room between the top tube and the sensitive bits. That’s standover.
Last edited by cyccommute; 08-26-21 at 05:33 PM.