Originally Posted by dnalsaam
I couldn't disagree more strongly with what Alan writes. Do not even think about putting an extra-tall Nitto stem on such a bike. This bike was designed to distribute the riders' weight on the frame in a particular way. To use Alan's suggestion would completely throw off the complete design of the bike. It would be akin to take a formula one car and move the rear wing to the front of the car. It would totally destroy the handling.
Why is the "handling" of THIS particular frame so vastly different than on a Trek road bike or Centurion road bike from the same era? Please tell us how the geometry of this frame differs from the frames used by Pros in the Tour de France during the 1955 to 1985 era? What makes this one frame handle so vastly differently than all of the other road bikes used by the Pro peloton?
Last edited by alanbikehouston; 02-12-05 at 03:32 AM.