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Old 04-30-13 | 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Pars
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Also, I could be wrong, but modern shops seem to fit people to smaller frames than used to be typical?
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And it seems to me that the elephant in the room is Brifters.
(Given enough seat post length, they can fit you to a much smaller frame if your hands are going to be on top 99% of the time instead of the other way around.)
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