Originally Posted by
wanders
I have a longish torso relative to my legs, so in order to get the correct reach, I went with a longer stem and a setback seatpost. This was to compensate being sold a bike/frame based entirely on standover height. D'oh.
I hope you set the seat correctly to the pedals before you adjusted the reach with the stem. Seat to pedals position first, then stem to adjust reach.
A lot of people use the seat adjustment (setback post and/or sliding on the rails) to adjust reach, but that isn't the way to do it.
But you make an excellent point about standover. Yes, it is important to know (up to a point), but the top tube is usually more important.