Originally Posted by deathhare
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The length of the seat tube in relation to the length of the top tube matters. Not cause of your sack sittin on the top tube or not.... but because of the geometry it will create throughout the frame. Cleary changing the handling and ride of the frame.
If thats not advice on a thread in which the OP is asking for advice on bike fitting I don't know what it is. It is also completely and totally wrong. The ratio of ST to TT is as meaningless as rim color.
I will admit my quote regarding your moronic post on slowing or stopping was not verbatim but it did capture the spirit. I believe you actually said something like slowing or stopping is NEVER the best course of action.
If you want to avoid derision stop asserting stuff as fact when you are really just pulling it out of your ass. Something like "doesn't the tt to st ratio effect handling geometry?" or "It seems like ST length is important in how a bike rides too" would be a better way to keep you self from looking like a clueless ****up all the time. This is especially the case when you are stating something in direct opposition to what the vast majority of the serious cycling community beleives.