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[Closed] Do you think my bike looks too small for me?

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well?


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 5:34 pm
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does it feel too small?


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 5:36 pm
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It is smaller than my bike looks on me, but that does not really answer the question.

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Posted : 15/01/2009 5:40 pm
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not really tbh.

If its a SC Blur then the top tube is quite short.

How tall are you/inside leg and what size frame have you got ?


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 5:40 pm
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Looks a bit short to me. But then I tend to ride stretched out a bit.


 
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Looks OK seat tube wise to me.


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 5:52 pm
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looks about right to me.

you seem to be enjoying it by the look of that pic!!


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 5:55 pm
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Way too small. Sell it and buy another.

Isn't that the answer you were looking for?


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 5:56 pm
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Looks bigger than my old one did on me, and I found it perfect:
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Posted : 15/01/2009 5:57 pm
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the problem is that i've got short legs and a long body. it's a medium heckler and i'm 5"8 with a 30 inside leg. sometimes it feels like i'm looming a bit over the front and i do tend to go over the bars quite a lot. I've got a layback seatpost on it which makes it difficult to get my arse over the back end sometimes..


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 5:58 pm
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looks about right if you like them chuckable, which I do.


 
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maybe i'm just a bit fussy but a longer top tube would be nice


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 6:00 pm
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i mean don't get me wrong i love my bike i built it and it rides ace but i have noticed the short TT and seing that pic surprised me a bit


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 6:07 pm
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Garden's in a shocking state. At least try to sweep up the leaves before taking photos.


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 6:12 pm
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why would a longer top tube be nice?


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 6:20 pm
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Bomberman,
Thanks for the tip-off: 😉
Now I know what I'll look like on the bike when I buy my SC later in the year (I'm the same height and leg as you).
I like a chuckable bike, so although that looks a bit short in the TT, it must be very nippy and easy to handle in mid air.

Nice!


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 6:20 pm
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my first instinct is "yes it does look small" - there is a lot of seat post showing and your arms are quite bent - but i dont know your bike well enough....


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 6:33 pm
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no problem belgian bob.

i'd like the TT to be a bit longer for 2 reasons mainly:
1) I prefer my arms to be straighter. not that i can't straighten them out but it links into the next issue which is
2) to avoid me being too cramped in the cockpit i'm using a layback seatpost. It gives me a really comfy climbing position but coming down the hills i'm finding it difficult to get my bum off the back of the saddle, unless i lower it. This has lead me to have the saddle at a height which is somewhere in between the perfect up-for-ups and down-for-down positions.

i can't see a way around this really unless they do a gravity-dropper in layback? and don't even try and suggest a longer stem!


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 6:37 pm
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drop the stem at the top of the hill? thats what I do.


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 6:42 pm
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its just your arse looks big 😆


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 8:01 pm
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I'm with neverfastenuff, you've got a M A S S I V E arse 😀 😆 😀


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 8:03 pm
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no problem belgian bob.

i'd like the TT to be a bit longer for 2 reasons mainly:
1) I prefer my arms to be straighter. not that i can't straighten them out but it links into the next issue which is
2) to avoid me being too cramped in the cockpit i'm using a layback seatpost. It gives me a really comfy climbing position but coming down the hills i'm finding it difficult to get my bum off the back of the saddle, unless i lower it. This has lead me to have the saddle at a height which is somewhere in between the perfect up-for-ups and down-for-down positions.

i can't see a way around this really unless they do a gravity-dropper in layback? and don't even try and suggest a longer stem!

Err - if fit is so important, then surely the obvious answer is that you need a different frame? You just need to pick something which is longer for its height. Something like a Commencal maybe?


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 8:06 pm
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i have got quite a big arse. although i was in hospital this summer and dropped 3 stone to 7.5 stone and my arse completely vanished. i no longer HAD an arse! luckily i pulled through, and now the arse is back!

fit is everything. unfortunately i can't afford a new frame. maybe lower rise bars might help a bit...


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 8:22 pm
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i'm the same size as you and have the same bike in the same size. i can only descend with the seat down as like you i find the tt too short so end up over the bars a lot. it does feel too short but still is ace with the seat down..


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 8:35 pm
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Thought about a dropping seatpost (like a Gravity Dropper)? That way you can have 2 (or 3 saddle heights with little faff. I'm similarly short-legged and reckon this to have been one of my best-ever purchases.


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 8:39 pm
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fatmutha, what forks u running? i'm running 125's i should probably run a pike or similar 140mm fork to bring it up a bit...


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 8:41 pm
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but druid can you get one in layback?


 
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but druid can you get one in layback?

Why would you need layback if you're hanging off the back anyway?


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 8:43 pm
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Sorry guys - not trying to be smart-arsed here, it's just that I struggled with a frame for ages - stem length, height, angle, then bars, then layback seatpost. Took me ages to realise that I was [i]never[/i] gonna get it right without changing the frame.


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 8:45 pm
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because it just feels better with layback. why would anyone have a layback seatpost?

still didnt answer my question dammit im gonna have to use google now


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 9:23 pm
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Yep, too small - give it to me.


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 10:32 pm
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Sorry mate - no layback Gravity Droppers. Not in any of the other dropper-types either. I suspect the seals/mechanism would be a problem with the load being applied so far off-centre.


 
Posted : 15/01/2009 10:34 pm