Originally Posted by jock
Now doesn't that just look like a caged cat? Nervous as hell too. Just like you described.
Those angles are messing with my mind. Tell me again how you sprint on a friggin lounge chair? 605 top? WTF?
I'm shorter. Think Robbie sized midget (only fatter)
Well, I'd do a 73 HTA with a 43mm rake for you. No reason to go any steeper.
605mm top tube? Of course! I'm 6ft 3ins (193cm), Jock.
Most stock bikes in my size are 72-73 degree STA, so to get in the right position on them I'd need a setback post, but they're sucky. I can get pretty much exactly the same position on a bike with a 585 top tube and a 72.4 degree seat angle. So....
A) 585 top tube, 72.4 STA, 130mm stem, setback post
B) 595 top tube, 71.5 STA, 130mm stem, straight post
C) 605 top tube, 71.5 STA, 120mm stem, straight post
All three of the above bikes are
exactly the same. My butt, hands and pedals are in exactly the same pozzie.
That's why you can't just look at one number and assume how a bike will ride and handle, because it's all totally meaningless unless you look at the big picture.
Thankfully there's idiots like me to do that.