Originally Posted by
skinny
+1 Judging from the amount of seatpost showing, he could be riding a frame ~1-2" bigger, still have a fist of seatpost showing, and have a much less extreme stem extension. RE: toptube length...that looks like a 10cm stem length and stems are available all the way down to 6cm so a shorter stem would solve the problem there.
How easily we shade-tree mechanic. Seat tube is 52, top tube is 55. My other bikes vary between 54 and 56 for the top tube.
The stem is either a 60 or 70 (you may be mislead by the M-bars), I tried a variety of length to get the fit I wanted.
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