Well it looks like I may be selling this sucker. I got a 35 degree, 110mm stem which put the bars basically close to seat height and slightly closer to me, by 5-10mm or so, and it's still not feeling right. I'm going to see if I can test ride a 54 and 56 cyclocross bike somewhere, if I can find some, and compare the general feel. But all in all it seems just a tad too small to work out.

I rode it around this abandoned lot last night as if it were a race track, and with that sort of aggressive riding it didn't feel too bad, in fact I was thinking it might work out. But then the ride home was pretty bad because something is just off and whatever change I make it just pushes the problem somewhere else. So I figured I could sell it now and get a pretty good price because it was NOS and still has less than 100 miles on it, or I could try racing it this month and risk possibly busting it and having nothing to sell whatsoever.

Sigh.