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  • Greetings, folks.

    I've been speccing up a custom bike build, and settled on the Kinesis Racelight 4S disc as the host frameset.
    The dilemma that I'm currently facing is that I'm not sure whether to go for the 54cm or 55.5cm frame. I am able to arrange a test ride, but that looks like it wont happen for about 4 weeks.

    Other than being patient, I have a couple of other options to consider...

    1. Find somebody in Sussex/surrey, (or the Bromley/Biggin Hill area) with a 54cm or 55.5cm built up bike, who is willing to let me throw a leg over it.
    2. Be a bit more scientific about the measuring, using my current bike as a guide.

    Unless somebody can help with #1, I wonder if @dancing james (or anybody else) could offer some advice about measuring 'stack and reach', as mentioned in this other thread, which I don't want to hijack any further?

    Thanks.

  • If you've got a big ruler or a tape measure and something that'll give you a straight line perpendicular to the ground, you should be able to measure stack and reach, i think.

    This might help.

    Important to measure stack and reach of your current frame rather than right to your bars, to ensure you're comparing apples to apples.

    Have you confirmed what model and size frame you currently have? If so, have you got a geo chart for it?

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