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Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-25-24, 07:52 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

And here's a cycling magazine cover from the days...

And here's a cycling magazine cover from the days when amateur fitters all said the handlebar should be level with the saddle, and elbow-to-fingertip from the saddle nose (1975). This illustrator...
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-16-24, 07:37 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

This guy explains it better than I can....

This guy explains it better than I can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbuK4-HXhxY
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-11-24, 01:11 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

Thank you.

Thank you.
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-10-24, 07:23 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

Well, all I can tell you is that the headtube on...

Well, all I can tell you is that the headtube on the Planet X is taller and you won't be able to load it up with spacers because the steerer is already cut, and it's most likely that the top tube is...
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-10-24, 06:45 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

So did you like it when it was "right?" Or if...

So did you like it when it was "right?" Or if it's not "right" now, what is preventing you from achieving "rightness?" I am totally confused now. You complain about pain, but you post dated photos....
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-10-24, 04:26 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

Here's an old Boy Scout skill. Use a stick to...

Here's an old Boy Scout skill. Use a stick to measure something whose size you don't know by comparing its projection to something you do know. In this case I used a pencil to compare the head tubes...
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-10-24, 10:38 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

No, but with the the taller cone, extra spacers,...

No, but with the the taller cone, extra spacers, and positive flip of the stem, its handlebar is visibly a couple centimeters higher. Look at the height of the handlebar ends in relation to the head...
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-08-24, 09:33 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

Nice bike. Nothing weird about the geometry or...

Nice bike. Nothing weird about the geometry or the setup. Handlebar is definitely not too high, unless your fingertips hang down to your knees. Looks like something I'd ride if I was 3 inches taller....
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-08-24, 08:52 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

I see. Not the Pro Carbon. Similar geometry in...

I see. Not the Pro Carbon. Similar geometry in x-large though. A 20.5 cm head tube on a large Victeur is highly unlikely. That would have put it in Specialized Roubaix territory. Your new bike likely...
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-07-24, 08:56 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

Ah, the gravel bike. X-large has a 59 cm virtual...

Ah, the gravel bike. X-large has a 59 cm virtual top tube, but a 165 mm head tube. I looked it up on the Planet X web site. I'll bet he bought an x-large Pro Carbon, 58.5 top tube and 19.0 head tube.
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-07-24, 08:45 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

Your problem is difficult to ascertain without...

Your problem is difficult to ascertain without dimensions or images of the original bike, or images of how you're sitting on this one. But I'm going to go out on a limb based on some assumptions....
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-07-24, 07:31 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

Fair enough on fork blade length. But I haven't...

Fair enough on fork blade length. But I haven't seen an external headset on a new mainstream carbon frame in almost 20 years, and the Forme Victeur shown certainly doesn't have one. But I've seen...
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-07-24, 06:05 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

So I take that you don't have the Form Victeur...

So I take that you don't have the Form Victeur anymore. Did it look like this?

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/1024x768/_86_f0338fb8dc53e2a80b90f275ad54c39449e84bb0.jpg
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-07-24, 10:16 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

Head tubes may have gotten marginally shorter as...

Head tubes may have gotten marginally shorter as fork blades got marginally longer, to accommodate modern fat tires. On the other hand, that space may have simply been taken from where the crown...
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-07-24, 10:05 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

Your neck pain might be the 59cm top tube's way...

Your neck pain might be the 59cm top tube's way of talking to you. If your old bike was comfortable, I would measure it and try to figure out why. Try to adjust the new bike to match the old one as...
Forum: Fitting Your Bike
03-06-24, 11:00 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,815
Posted By oldbobcat

The head tube length is irrelevant, but you need...

The head tube length is irrelevant, but you need the stem length to compute rise.

sin(7 degrees) = 0.12186934340514748111289391923153. That means a 12 cm stem will give you 1.46 cm of rise. That's...
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