was starting to ride a lot so i decided to buy a road bike. i knew i wanted steel so checked a couple shops and ended up finding a 2005 masi speciale. love the feel of the bike and all, but i'm dying on rides. my shoulders and lower back are killing me. i think the frame is a touch too big or it needs to be adjusted. (hoping for the latter) i bought a 60" frame... i'm 6'3" 215 lbs 33-34 inch inseam. it feels like i'm reaching out so far compared to my old schwinn world sport, which has been converted into a hybrid. if anyone can ease my pain i would appreciate it... then i could go the distance..





(sorry for the really bad joke there at the end, just watched field of dreams the other day)

Your inseam measurements don't mean jack when you're talking about being too stretched out. Try the fit calculator on www.wrenchscience.com and see what it tells you about your ideal TT length. Can you move your seat forward a few cm?

FYI, a 60" frame might be the largest frame known to man.

60 cm frames arnt even the largest easily availible frames out there. your bars are too low, not nessesarily too far away. when you stand over your frame, can you lift the bike up more than say, 2 inches, before it hits BONE? if so, its at least 2.5 cms too small. i'm gunna guess that your bars are at least 3 cms lower than your saddle, when viewed from the side. unfortunatly, the days have passed when i could recommend a quill stem with a longer quill. you either need a 40 degree stem or a larger bike. larger yeah i said it. the bigger the bike, the higher the bars. i would suggest also, if you go that route, to buy something a little more distance and comfort oriented, like a jamis aurora, those are fairly cheap, or if you wanna go frame and parts, the surly long haul trucker, or a bit lighter the soma smoothie. both of these have an extended headtube to jack the bars up. the only problem with this solution, ie raising the bars, is that it puts pressure where its supposed to be, on your sit bones, generally rendering your current saddle too narrow. check out a brooks b 17, or if that scares you, a wtb bikes saddle, like a lazer.