Originally Posted by
JaredG
You must not know that its pretty common for roadies to size themselves up to 3cm smaller on a bike to get an aggressive fit. There are some mighty big generalizations made in your response, let the guy ask questions, if you can't answer them, shut the **** up. How about that?
There are different fit styles, and his bike would be too small on ALL of them. The top tube on that bike is plain too short. Period. If he put drops on that he would be screwed.
One drawback to a threadless system is you have to dial it in correctly the first time, then that's it. At least a threaded system will allow you to raise and lower the quill indefinitely. I suggested that you buy a new fork, measure and cut it with a few more inches on the steerer, space it and flip the stem, which should give you a more upright position, keeping your back from getting sore. You probably don't need to lower/raise your seat post.
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Thats not true either. Most road bike quill stems(unless you buy the nitto techtronic) have a very short adjustment range...maby 4-5cm at most. You can get way more adjustment from a threadless using spacers and flipping the stem. Also, he doesnt need a new fork with a longer steerer tube, that will make his reach SHORTER. He needs a frame that fits, so stop giving him bad advice.