Drop bars or flipped stem will fix that!
I liked the large 5 and I'm 5'11" so I'd say you should definitely check out the XL. I haven't ridden the lunch ride so I can't comment on the front end height. It's strange that you say that the handlebars were too high (stack) on the large Lunch Ride though. Looking at the numbers the large lunch ride has a shorter stack height than the XL 5.5, it's possible that what you were feeling was the shorter reach causing a more upright body position?? Do you generally ride a long TT bike?
Bar height is a funny thing with me... and I don't subscribe to bar height being driven by stack height and dimensions of the human per se, that sounds like roadie nonsense if all you need the bike to do is move forward when you pedal it. Dialing in bar height has more to do with the way the bike handles... there's a sweet spot (for me) of where the bars need to be, that every bike has, where the bar position to ??? distance/relationship is just right and the control/cornering feels spot on. It's a feel, not a measurement. Maybe not surprisingly, the sweet spot on my steel hardtail 29er (Niner ROS size L) is higher than other bikes I've owned, and the reach/TT on that bike is much shorter as well. It just feels right, and it isn't how leaned over or stretched out or upright or whatever I am. Most everyone I ride with comments and some point how low I like my bars, generally speaking. I'm the stack whisperer, I guess.
Exactly.
I'm confused. That's literally what stack height is when you're talking about frame geo. The relationship between the BB and the top of the head tube. You can adjust your riding stack height with spacers and stems and stuff but the frame stack number will be the same.
I think she's fucking with me now. She texted me at lunch saying it was ok if I wanted to go biking while she goes to the spa alone. I think it's a trap. I did not fall for it.
C'mon over... or you can come down to Kingston and ride with V and I this weekend...
Mostly I was just taking the piss, talking out of my butt. And you're right, stack height is top of head tube to BB, and does affect where them bars go. But so also does just straight up Axle to Crown height of the fork, and wheel size. It's all black magic to me, so I re-emphasize my assertion that it's a feel, not a measurement. At least it is for me.
Rad, didn't know there was a Class 11 team in GJ since the Fire Guys sold their 11 and went Jeepspeed. If that's the current state of the car, they might wanna speed it the hell up though. We're not running... our car is still busted as from the 1000 in November.
Sorry to disappoint, one thing I have learned over the last four years is to have your zhit together before you file a claim or anything else with the courts..... Pkus it helps to have a friend in the office that serves right away.
So true. There are so many other variables going on that it's hard to isolate one measurement # as causing the bike to feel good or bad.
You should see the hate mail I get over my side business building custom ammunition.
So sorry, oh Canadian one.
Shitty mang..... Prayers to you and your family
Sorry man.
Sorry to hear that. That's tough. Hope you were able to get a good ride in and remember the good times you had.
So set, but thanks.
You might be surprised, the braaaap is strong with the Smashy Smash.
Would have been fun, but we had family plans on Lake Ontario. I really do need to ride my bike soon though....
keep you in mind if i decide to get my LTC
