We got a lot of tall Paceliners!

[SimonC]

Originally Posted by fmradio516

6'3" with 36" inseam. More legs than torso so my bike fit is terrible. usually have a ladder for a seatpost and a painful saddle to bar drop.

I resemble that remark - 6ft 3in, 165-170lbs, 36" inseam.

84cm saddle height, liking a healthy dose of setback / slack STA, and a top tube ~59cm.

[fmradio516]

Originally Posted by SimonC

I resemble that remark - 6ft 3in, 165-170lbs, 36" inseam.

84cm saddle height, liking a healthy dose of setback / slack STA, and a top tube ~59cm.

Thanks. I know nothing about the ins and outs of frame geometry to help my situation. Would setback make the reach longer?

[Elefantino]

Originally Posted by fmradio516

Thanks. I know nothing about the ins and outs of frame geometry to help my situation. Would setback make the reach longer?

Reach, as defined by horizontal distance from center of bottom bracket to the center of the top of the head tube, no.

Reach, as in your physical reach, yes.

[fmradio516]

Originally Posted by Elefantino

Reach, as defined by horizontal distance from center of bottom bracket to the center of the top of the head tube, no.

Reach, as in your physical reach, yes.

Yeah i mean physical reach. Finding myself trying to reduce that in order to help with the saddle to bar drop and neck pain.

[jmoore]

Originally Posted by fmradio516

Yeah i mean physical reach. Finding myself trying to reduce that in order to help with the saddle to bar drop and neck pain.

There's several things you can do with bars and stem to make the physical reach shorter.

You can get some bars with less reach. Shorter stem. Stem with some rise. Spacers under the stem.

What bars and stem are you running?

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[fmradio516]

Originally Posted by jmoore

There's several things you can do with bars and stem to make the physical reach shorter.

You can get some bars with less reach. Shorter stem. Stem with some rise. Spacers under the stem.

What bars and stem are you running?

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I have some Zipp 70mm reach bars. I have it in kind of an okay spot right now, im trying to hold off on putting a short or rising stem on the bike since im only 32 and i feel like the older i get, the more im going to need to shorten/raise the cockpit. I dont wanna be one of those guys on the hybrids with the ridiculous rise bars with extensions that make it look like a chopper by the time im 35

[Steve in SLO]

Originally Posted by fmradio516

6'3" with 36" inseam. More legs than torso so my bike fit is terrible. usually have a ladder for a seatpost and a painful saddle to bar drop.

Ha...Amateur!
6’ (maybe 5’11” by now) with a 36” inseam here.
I sit as tall as my 5‘7“ wife and have a legs as long as my best friend, who is 6‘5“.
Seat height is 82.5ish and I gravitate towards 72-72.5 seat tube angles, 57.5-58.5 top tubes and usually end up with a 7-9cm drop. When I look at frames I generally have to find one that has an extended head tube. Even an additional 1cm in bottom bracket height has been a factor in whether something will fit.

[jmoore]

Originally Posted by fmradio516

I have some Zipp 70mm reach bars. I have it in kind of an okay spot right now, im trying to hold off on putting a short or rising stem on the bike since im only 32 and i feel like the older i get, the more im going to need to shorten/raise the cockpit. I dont wanna be one of those guys on the hybrids with the ridiculous rise bars with extensions that make it look like a chopper by the time im 35

I get it . 70mm is pretty short.

Post a pic of the front end.

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[fmradio516]

Originally Posted by jmoore

I get it . 70mm is pretty short.

Post a pic of the front end.

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Please don't mind the extended steerer or the temporary bar wrap job. This is a new build and it's still getting dialed in. Plus I think it's a sin to cut steerer tubes in my situation.

Also worth noting that this top tube is something crazy like 56cm. If it were 59 or bigger I'd have a 90mm stem on there!




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[wallymann]

height @ 6'1" (185cm)
inseam @ 35" (89cm)
saddle @ 81cm
saddle-bar drop @ 11cm
saddle-bar reach @ ~61cm

[thirdgenbird]

Originally Posted by wallymann

height @ 6'1" (185cm)
inseam @ 35" (89cm)
saddle @ 81cm
saddle-bar drop @ 11cm
saddle-bar reach @ ~61cm

Well, you could basically hop on my Tommasini with zero adjustment. I am a bit under 6’1”, my saddle is 5mm lower, and the reach is about 1cm less. Drop is the same.