Originally Posted by shaq-d
dave,
sounds good to me. how're u measuring reach though? you're not just saying that everyone should get 10cm stems are you? if so, that's a good starting point, and hard to go wrong, but not ideal...
sd
No that was not what I meant. If the frame size is 59 then the combined top tube length and stem would be 69cm. It could be a 57 top tube with a 12cm stem or a 58cm top tube with an 11cm. stem. I am not talking of custom frames here I mean stock frames which could be any top tube length.
On the compact frames with the sloping top tube the only way you can estimate where the handlebars should be is to measure horizontally across from the seat post combining an imaginary top tube length plus the stem length.