I think I fixed my fit problem!!
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I think I fixed my fit problem!!
It appears as though I need a 53cm bike as opposed to the 54cm Felt I currently have. I have been riding some other bikes this week and I have found a Bianchi that seems like it will fit the bill. As soon as I got on it it felt so much better. My body literally feel into the correct/comfortable riding position. There was almost no pressure on my hands at all and thats with the stem in the flat position. I really was amazed!
Most other shops insisted I was a 54 but this guy spent some time with me to try a few bikes. I spent about 10 mins riding it around the parking lot. If I choose to purchase this bike he will set it up and let me take a 10 mile ride with it. MSRP is 1500 but it is last yrs model closeout for 1100.00. It has the 9 spd 105 group but I'll see if I cant upgrade to the 10 speed cassette.
I think I found a way around going custom!!
Most other shops insisted I was a 54 but this guy spent some time with me to try a few bikes. I spent about 10 mins riding it around the parking lot. If I choose to purchase this bike he will set it up and let me take a 10 mile ride with it. MSRP is 1500 but it is last yrs model closeout for 1100.00. It has the 9 spd 105 group but I'll see if I cant upgrade to the 10 speed cassette.
I think I found a way around going custom!!
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Please buy it and stop b!tching about fit.
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Originally Posted by H1449-6
Please buy it and stop b!tching about fit.
To the OP I am glad you found a bike that fits.
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Originally Posted by Miller2
As soon as I got on it it felt so much better. My body literally feel into the correct/comfortable riding position. There was almost no pressure on my hands at all and thats with the stem in the flat position. I really was amazed!
But 1cm difference in frame size is really nothing... especially when all of the other variables are different as well. I can fit perfectly on pretty much any 54-58cm frame by using the seatpost, seat, and stem to get the seat and bars in the right places.
It sounds to me like the big change was getting your saddle farther back relative to the bottom bracket... this is why you have less pressure on your hands. I think a lot of people could benefit from this. I'm sure you could have easily done that on your old bike, too.
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$1100 for 9 speed 105 is nothing to write home about.
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Originally Posted by reef58
That's easy for you to say. I can relate. When you have long legs and a short torso buying a bike is really a chore. I ordered a custom carbon fiber bike from a well known maker. After 3 weeks they called and said they cannot make my bike. They don't have molds that will work. My dimensions are that screwy.
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Originally Posted by H1449-6
Please buy it and stop b!tching about fit.
Whats with the attitude problem? Once again we have another moron offering nothing of value to a thread......imbecile.
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Originally Posted by worker4youth
$1100 for 9 speed 105 is nothing to write home about.
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Originally Posted by rruff
That's great!
But 1cm difference in frame size is really nothing... especially when all of the other variables are different as well. I can fit perfectly on pretty much any 54-58cm frame by using the seatpost, seat, and stem to get the seat and bars in the right places.
It sounds to me like the big change was getting your saddle farther back relative to the bottom bracket... this is why you have less pressure on your hands. I think a lot of people could benefit from this. I'm sure you could have easily done that on your old bike, too.
But 1cm difference in frame size is really nothing... especially when all of the other variables are different as well. I can fit perfectly on pretty much any 54-58cm frame by using the seatpost, seat, and stem to get the seat and bars in the right places.
It sounds to me like the big change was getting your saddle farther back relative to the bottom bracket... this is why you have less pressure on your hands. I think a lot of people could benefit from this. I'm sure you could have easily done that on your old bike, too.
Apparently it is enough to make a difference. The saddle on my old bike has been tweaked ad nauseum and made little to no difference.
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Congratulations Miller2, and good luck!
Nice.
By the way, how's that "heirloom" bike coming along?
Originally Posted by H1449-6
Please buy it and stop b!tching about fit.
By the way, how's that "heirloom" bike coming along?
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Originally Posted by H1449-6
Any competent steel or titanium frame maker can built you a frame that fits.
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Originally Posted by Miller2
It has the 9 spd 105 group but I'll see if I cant upgrade to the 10 speed cassette.
Won't you need the 10 speed brifters and rear der. also?
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Originally Posted by BeeTL
Congratulations Miller2, and good luck!
Nice.
By the way, how's that "heirloom" bike coming along?
Nice.
By the way, how's that "heirloom" bike coming along?
Thanks for asking.
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Originally Posted by dekalbSTEEL
Won't you need the 10 speed brifters and rear der. also?
EDIT: the RD wouldn't matter a bit, but you def. need the shifters to go 10spd.
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And if son hadn't posted eight (8) new threads since late April on bike fit, I wouldn't suggest that he shut up already.
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Originally Posted by Miller2
Another fool with nothing to offer.....
If it fits, it fits. But all said and done, a 9 speed 105 bike for $1100 today is not a good deal.
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I'm like you Miller,with long legs and shorter body.I too,just sold my Felt F75 as I always had a niggling feeling that the top tube was slightly long.I've now got my eye on a 53cm Bianchi
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Originally Posted by reef58
When you have long legs and a short torso buying a bike is really a chore.
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Originally Posted by Miller2
Apparently it is enough to make a difference. The saddle on my old bike has been tweaked ad nauseum and made little to no difference.
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Originally Posted by 0-20 in 5 Sec
Are you so dense? All he was saying is that 105 9-speed bike for $1100 is not a good deal. You can get plenty of 10-speed 105 bikes for that kind of money. You can even get 10-speed ultegra bikes for that price range.
If it fits, it fits. But all said and done, a 9 speed 105 bike for $1100 today is not a good deal.
If it fits, it fits. But all said and done, a 9 speed 105 bike for $1100 today is not a good deal.
Well thanks for overstating the obvious. I didnt say it was a killer deal...I said it fits and compared to the original msrp it is a good deal.
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Originally Posted by H1449-6
And if son hadn't posted eight (8) new threads since late April on bike fit, I wouldn't suggest that he shut up already.
Another imbecile on the ignore list.......
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Originally Posted by worker4youth
$1100 for 9 speed 105 is nothing to write home about.
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Originally Posted by rruff
Get a small frame and stem with some rise... should work fine for you.
Thanks,
Richard