Originally Posted by
elcruxio
My point is: The bike in your picture is a pretty small size. It's unlikely you'd have any handling issues with rear loads even with CS length of 425mm. For a smallish frame size 425mm isn't that short of a CS. If we had more proportional wheel sizes smaller frames could have even shorter CS's.
Your stem length also doesn't seem to be all that short, which means the reach on said frame is nice and short.
Good post elcruxio
It’s a Bianchi Volpe 55cm c-c frame with 55cm virtual top-tube and 100mm stem, so pretty ”medium”, but not modern long t-t geometry.
I am 5’8” but with proportionally long arms and legs, but shorter torso than the male norm. The fit and handling is like no other bike I’ve ever had.
I’m thinking of trying four panniers this summer, partly so as not to have a dry bag on the rack (just my guitar), but mainly as in recent years I have been carrying a bit more gear to cope with the ever more unpredictable weather in Europe: heatwaves, storms and flooding…