Originally Posted by Kommisar89

Hmmm...I've never heard that rule of thumb but I'll certainly give it some thought. The description for the Champion Flyer is basically a B17 with springs so I thought it would be fine with dropped bars as long as the bar height was at or slightly above the level of the saddle. I haven't really found the nose to be too wide but the combination of reach and handlebar height is causing me to reach too far forward and put pressure on the nose of the saddle where is should not be. If I ride with just my fingertips touching the top of the bar where I'm a little more upright it seems pretty comfortable. Today I ordered the 225mm standard Technomic stem in 70mm reach so I should be able to position the bars almost 2 inches higher and that combined with the 70mm length should reduce the reach pretty dramatically. Hopefully that will solve the saddle issues. If not, well, that's the beauty of the Panasonic - it's transportation so I'm not married to any particular saddle/stem/bar combination to be orginal or even period correct. If this doesn't work out I may swap the Brooks for a Selle Anatomica.