FWIW I am running a horizontal 70mm stem with Noodles on my Roadini. Bars approx 2cm above saddle. I arrived at this by drawing up the roadini with this config in CAD and figuring out how to get the reach the same as my other drop bar bike with an angled 100mm stem and Cowchipper bars, which have significantly shorter reach. I ended up in CAD after using the stem comparison tool Garth shared but realising I had to take into account frame stack and reach and handlebar height and bar reach. On Tuesday, 11 March 2025 at 11:09:48 UTC+10:30 Garth wrote:
> This tool is as accurate as the inputs for comparing stem reaches and > heights relative to each other. > http://yojimg.net/bike/web_tools/stem.php > > > > On Monday, March 10, 2025 at 5:41:48 PM UTC-4 Jay wrote: > >> Even when choosing a size for my Roadini I noticed the top tube length >> was long than my previous road bike, but didn't really think it through all >> the way. Thankfully the bars I wanted to run were short reach, and I'm >> using a 70mm stem; if I had wanted the Noodle bars, I don't think it would >> have worked. Reach and bar height is so important for comfort. >> >> On Monday, March 10, 2025 at 5:31:27 PM UTC-4 Nick Payne wrote: >> >>> On my bikes with normal top tube lengths (including a 1998 Riv custom >>> and a Bleriot), I use stems around 100mm long with drop bars. On the >>> Appaloosa I bought in 2020, I fitted a 50mm stem to get the same reach to >>> the bars. >>> >>> Nick Payne >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/293a7291-6bc0-462d-952c-4f0ce065082cn%40googlegroups.com.
