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Old 04-29-09 | 07:36 AM
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Bikes: 2006 Lemond Tourmalet; 198(?) Gardin mid-fixie conversion

Originally Posted by trueno92
The thing I don't get about this miele is that it has a 52cm seat tube but a lofty 56+cm top tube?!!
What frame geometry is this? I read "sport touring" but this is an unusual toptube length, no?
That's about the same touring geometry as my Gardin conversion (passed down to me), whose fit I've been perpetually battling over the past few years. My road bike fits me like a glove (a 55 cm virtual TT Lemond, which has fairly relaxed geometry for a road bike, but much more aggressive than a touring bike), but the 52 cm ST on the Gardin means that I have to have lots of seatpost extension to get high enough above the BB to avoid knee pain**. Due to the slack angles, this puts me even further back from the cockpit; so even with a 90mm stem, I end up feeling a bit too stretched out. This only became an issue when I switched to drop bars for a more comfortable commute, but I can't go back to flat bars.

Just something to keep in mind -- hopefully your fit will go better.

** To the point that some lycra warrior in High Park felt that he needed to tell me that I had too much seatpost showing -- I'm truly sorry that my comfort + proper fit doesn't match your "fistful of seatpost" aesthetic.
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