Interesting , I have one of those zero offset Thomson's... @Johnny Alien, did you increase your stem length?
May try that... but I think the Wayback Compact is worth a shot. She thinks she may be the next size up , 54cm ..but I'm pretty sure she's barely straddle it. The standover is 81.8cm. She's got an 80pbh. Plus according to the geo pages, the 50cm and 54cm have essentially the amount of reach. The crazy thing is she test fit my bike (59cm Romulus with a 9cm stem and noodles) while I was holding it up and said it was much better ...in terms of length...not height obviously. Even then she was starting slide off the rear of the saddle though. Also on her Bruce Gordon ..with the 13cm stem and Albatross bars she is using the long setback VO post ...which only comes in 27.2 btw. On Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 12:01:17 PM UTC-5 Johnny Alien wrote: > I have close to the same PBH (80.5) and the same longer torso vs leg > length. I kept thinking I needed to go back but then on some advice from > this forum decided to adjust the stem vs saddle and actually bumped the > saddle forward a little bit. I went to a zero setback Thomson post. It was > a night and day improvement and I wished I had known to do this earlier. > This is on a Gallop prototype which is also a road bike frame. Keeping the > right geometry over the crank is the key to feeling comfortable for me and > going back was actually making it worse. Someone here can likely explain it > better and I am sure everyone is different. I know nothing about bike > fitting. > > On Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 11:07:10 AM UTC-5 J Schwartz wrote: > >> Greetings >> >> Picking up this thread I just bought a 50cm Roadini and had it built up >> for my wife (Thanks Bryan!). The goal being a faster, more roadie bike >> than she currently rides but still can hit trails. >> >> She has a very long torso and long arms but short (proportionally to her >> torso) legs... She's an 80pbh so Right in the sweet spot for a size 50. >> Initially I put Chocos on the bike on a 110mm high-rise stem ...but they >> come way back... so that probably not the right bar for the Roadini anyway. >> >> [image: Screenshot 2024-01-07 at 10.53.16 AM.png] >> Even when mocking the bike up with noodles on a 100mm stem , she felt >> scrunched up and didn't have the reach she needed. Her rear end was >> hanging off the back of the saddle. >> >> Her other bike is a Bruce Gordon BLT Taiwanese-built touring frame with >> 26" wheels >> it's got a 44cm seat tube with a 54cm top tube and a, I think, a 12º >> slope on the top tube. We've got a 13cm Nitto stem on it and Albatross >> bars ...which don't come back nearly as far as the Chocos. >> >> Currently the saddle is a Brooks B17 all the way back on the stock >> Kalloy seatpost. >> >> I'm rebuilding the cockpit with either drops or something like a >> Wavie...not sure which direction yet, but def something that doesn't come >> back too much and will use an appropriately long stem. >> >> With regards to seat-posts, I see IRD has come out with a new "Compact" >> version of their wayback stem. It extends 30mm rather than the 50mm of the >> previous way -way back version >> >> https://www.interlocracing.com/shop/ird-seatpost-wayback-compact-6972?search=wayback+compact#attr=346,4463,1073 >> and it's comes in 26.8mm >> I think this could help a lot without the extreme nature of the 50mm >> version >> >> Curious if anyone has had success with this post? >> >> Also, thinking the B17 may be the wrong saddle just bc of the short rails. >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 1:46:45 AM UTC-4 Austin L wrote: >> >>> I like the American Classic setback posts. Occasionally they come up in >>> 28.6. >>> >>> Another option if you have a makerspace or friend with a lathe is to >>> turn down a 27.2. >>> >>> Austin >>> >>> On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 3:22:34 PM UTC-7 Garth wrote: >>> >>>> Yes. Leah, for you to use the S-84, the lugged one with 37mm plus >>>> setback that comes only in 27.2mm size, you would need to take your bike >>>> to >>>> a bike shop who works with steel frames and has experience with reaming >>>> seat tubes. Reaming a standard 28.6mm outer diameter steel tube to take a >>>> 27.2mm post is not only easy, it's standard by most frame >>>> designers/builders. 26.8mm is not. Look for shops that have been around >>>> for >>>> a long time, and do ask about their experience. It should be a no brainer >>>> for most shops but I haven't been in a bike shop for along time. Actually >>>> when you buy a steel frame from a local dealer it is still customary at >>>> most to ream/clean out the tubes as standard part of an extensive standard >>>> prep for all new frame sales. That Riv doesn't do this, or says it's not >>>> necessary, or wants to charge extra, I don't agree with that, but of >>>> course >>>> it's not my business and they're not a bike shop either. Many Riv buyers >>>> may not know that most retail shops prep frames complimentary as part of >>>> the sale, at least the ones I was familiar with or worked at. >>>> >>>> No need to spend $200 though. I see 17 S84's for sale on ebay from >>>> Japan for $130 total w/shipping. Some spell it S84, some S-84, look for >>>> both. Or for a Japanese retail store, Tracksupermarket.com sells the 250mm >>>> version(plenty long) for $111.50 and shipping to Ohio USA is $18.50. >>>> Michigan would be the same. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.tracksupermarket.com/nitto-tokyo-s-84-lugged-seat-post-27-2mm.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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