Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,520
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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Originally Posted by
stronglight
If you're like me
you may also benefit from a shorter forward extension on a stem. A 2 inch (50 mm.) rise in stem/bar height will typically move the stem "back" around 15 mm because of the head tube angle. But, on that bike, the saddle is moved all the way forward too. I'd look for either a technomic, or else a DirtDrop style stem with an "effective" forward reach of around 75 mm.
HOWEVER... better still... you should just sell that horrible and ill fitting frameset to me. 
... it appears to be to be EXACTLY the size and the type of bike I've been unsuccessfully looking for during the past several months... 
Hey, I paid 30 hard earned dollars for that bike!
I think the Tech's come in increments of 10mm so an 80 might be just the ticket. Probably still need to do some for/aft adjusting on the seat but the reach is too far right now. Oddly, the reach on all of my other bikes is at least that far or a centimeter or so more but I don't have any issues with them. It just seems to be this saddle.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista