Stan Really nice bike and the contrasting head tube is sharp.
Suggesting the best action is to get a Nitto Technomic (either 225mm 0r 190mm quill or a Soma Sutra if stem length of 80 or 100mm is good) of the best stem length and install to get handlebars at saddle height. Raising the bars to saddle height brings the bar back to you by 1.5cm, if they are 5cm below saddle now. This shortening and the "growth" of your arms (see Tube Tube Ruse by RBW) with SH = BH should correct your problem if the new stem is same length as existing one. If not, try a 10mm shorter stem Do not install bar tape, but ride and adjust as required, perhaps even changing the stem length. When you get the correct fit, install the bar tape and your problem is solved and bike looks like it did. I think the Soma Sutra is available in Black. I know this more expensive, but it will give you the results you are looking for, without going to a fitter at this point John Hawrylak Woodstown NJ On Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 10:40:51 AM UTC-4, Sean Steinle wrote: > > > Thanks for the suggestions so far! To clarify, not custom built for me, I >> bought it used. However, the fellow I bought it from was very similar to me >> in the key measurements. The more I think about this, the more I wonder if >> it is a case of me needing to get used to it, exacerbated by the bars being >> a bit too far below saddle height. I'm not sure the reach is the biggest >> culprit. I rode a Brompton M-bar exclusively for almost a year before >> getting this. I remember when I hopped back on my Salsa Casseroll (similar >> reach to the new rando, but bars much closer to saddle height) after riding >> the Brompton for all those months, I felt very stretched out, almost >> ridiculously so. Yet, I had ridden the Cass for 4 years prior to getting >> the Brompton, for the most part just fine. In the end, I started to wish I >> was just a tad more upright on the Cass, so I'm guessing even after I ride >> the rando for awhile, I'll probably wish for a stem that's a tad shorter & >> a couple inches higher. To be honest, I'd be all over Michael's 90mm VO >> stem with removable faceplate (that way I can keep the cockpit, with the >> nice Brooks bar tape, together). I think bringing the bars in 2 cm and >> raising the bars to saddle height would probably make for a pretty near >> goldilocks fit. What's holding me back from snatching it up is purely >> aesthetic, it's nickel and not chrome...first world problems. >> > -- 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. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
