Not.

time to play again got my position dialed in don't mind the tester stem :(

sorry about the pictures still learning my new camera


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G.S. Astuto VC2 Carbon by cub_x, on Flickr
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G.S. Astuto VC2 Carbon by cub_x, on Flickr

Sorry, im not diggin it :(

Hot!!! Down to the Nokon cable housing, measure twice cut once cables, over $100 for a set.

Red Hot!

I like alligator I-link cables as you can add/remove links at any time. Never tried Nokon though.

Hot!

im gonna say NOT for now, take a pic during the morning
now tell us more about this frame...

Lovely bike, but the prep needs work. Namely, the gap in the bar wrap at the brake levers, the angle of the handlebar (tilt so the drops are nearly horizontal, then move control levers higher), and, of course, the black seat post.

By the way, your bar will stay wrapped longer if you go in the other direction, from inside to outside as you wind up the bar. Practice the double figure-8 move around the control levers assiduously.

Cool, thanks for the info... was thinking that bag looked a lot like Rapha's tool bag, nice to see there is a similar alternative to the Rapha that is not made in China... and is cheaper!

The engraving on the seatstay bridge is ultracool!

looks like one of the open mold chinese frames. Forgot the model but this model is popular over on RBR.

^ basically

my friends company G.S. Astuto is a direct rep for a factory and the frames are basically open mold frames that he tweaked a little bit. The prices are really nice and it rides really well. Compared to a lot of the bikes we sell at the shop I work at its a really good value and perfect for me as a college student.

Short stem and short seatpost means too large of a frame. Like the parts don't like the setup. Not hot.

I understand that your preference is for more steapost exposed, but does that really mean it's too large? If you were going to build a custom frame with that geometry isn't this what you might come out with given the various numbers involved? Once you have the headtube set, and you know the buyer wants it slammed, the only way to expose more seatpost would result in changing all of the angles and therefore the geometry, right?
(Top tube sloped, seat-stays shorter, etc.)

What are the benefits of a longer seatpost and stem?

Thanks. I am enjoying riding her. Last night, however, I broke a spoke and had to hobble back home with a wobbly front tire. :(

^ I was about to type this. I wish I could remember where I read it, but I thought I read somewhere that stem and seatpost inches are among the heavier inches on a carbon bike. Meaning that a bigger frame with less stem and seatpost would actually be lighter.

As for picking a frame for top tube length, I always thought that was just because it was the only measurement on the bike that was individual to the rider and yet fixed on the frame. The only way to adjust it was through the stem and you are limited in the lengths you can use there. Specifically, you can get longer or shorter stems, seatposts, bars, cranks, different angles on stems, etc. But you could not change that top tube length.

Short stems can get twitchy.

Makes sense.

I would think it has to be a pretty short stem coupled with a narrow bar though to introduce some serious twitchy-ness. I have a 7cm stem on my steel bike and it is a bit twitchy, but I also use a handlebar that is not wide, like a 41cm I believe. The only time it gets to me, twichyness that is, is when I am huffing and puffing up a steep incline and I can feel the front start to wander.

Assuming the seat tube angle is the same, I don't see how the size of the frame will affect where he sits relative to the BB since it'll be the same distance from saddle to BB on any size bike. If the seattube angle changes, then it can affect fore/aft positioning, but that doesn't always change between sizes.

You put the seat at the height your legs dictate, same with fore/aft. You don't adjust saddle height for drop nor reach.

thats not a big frame btw I'm only 5'6 and I have short legs and arms and get limited to what I can afford and buy my next frame is being custom made for this reason sadly its not a road bike.