I can relate to that too.
My TT is a large and it’s ‘super’ comfy.
Everyone always says to go smaller on a TT frame but I’m glad I didn’t
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Mine is a Stealth in medium. I’m 178 cm / 5’10" but with slightly stumpy legs. I have wondered if it’s too small hence trying the very long stem. Bike sizing is a bit of a minefield but on the odd occasion I’ve been looking at new (road/gravel) bikes I’ve always seemed to plop into medium frames. Point taken @tuckngo , if I start doing serious miles I’ll be careful.
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I’m on a Stealth Medium. I’m 5’9 and have a 130mm stem on. This is partly due to the fact I have a seat post hack which brings the seat forward 30mm, giving about 78 degrees seat post angle.
What kind of seatpost hack?
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Its a 35mm set forward seat post from a Trek Speed Concept. Fits perfectly onto the stealth seat post. I’ll find a picture and post it.
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Right, here goes nothing. Got round to fitting and tweaking position with some videos for you lot to advise/take the piss.
The order they show in is
- Original
- 15 degree wedge
- Swapped to longer stem
- Saddle up and forwards slightly
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=17cL5D3FlxkM65vJKMR9rnwvu-eir_wjF
Be gentle
You look proper Pro in that pic @leahnp
Amazing what a good photographer can do
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That looks absolutely awesome. I look at this and remember that there is a lot that I could do to improve my position
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Found the photos from the weekend. I don’t think it looks terrible but the front needs to come down. I have a sneaky suspicion that I need a longer bike and that this one doesn’t work very well for me.
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Nice looking bike
Head seems quite high compared to leahnp’s photo? Maybe just the moment the snap was taken, guess its difficult to compare too closely. Also, drawing a line back from his elbows takes you to mid thigh, drawing a line back from yours takes you more towards to the upper thigh.
Looks like a comfortable / sustainable position?
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Like you said, you need to try bringing your front end down. I shared the pic of mine, and I’d say you are probably are 50mm+ higher than that due to the spacers under your pads. I typically see those on fancy integrated front ends where the bars are inline with the top tube.
If you need it longer I guess there are a couple of things you could tweak including a longer stem and larger/longer pads
Well I stayed in aero for 98% (of the non-RAB sections) of a 50 at the weekend, so I think so. Neck is a little sore right now.
He looks like a pro in that photo, I’m very jealous of that position.
That’s what the bike came with and hard to find different height replacements. There’s a single large spacer under the stem which can come out. I’d need to find some spacers with smaller increments so I can move some to on top.
As for longer, I’m currently using a borrowed 110mm stem which I’ve now ridden with a few times, the bike came with an 80mm so way too short, can try longer ones on it, just wary of changing the steering stability too much.
Plan is now to try borrow a 120mm and 130mm stems and move the single spacer from underneath to on top of the stem and see how that changes it. I can also quite cheaply get some alternative stem spacers to pay around a little.
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Just thinking do you have scope to raise the saddle and move it back a touch to stretch you out rather than lengthening the front end.
That was my approach after slamming the saddle forward I am gradually moving it backwards to open up a bit
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Yes, there’s a fair bit of movement the saddle can do. Will keep tweaking to improve it. All of this points to the fact that I was trying to get a proper bike fit in last year which was cancelled several times and now all the good fitters have 2+ months wait list. I missed getting in on a session a clubmate did with George Fox who has put her in an incredible position.
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Interesting.
Deffo not you? 
