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To me it looks about right. I prefer my bikes to be smaller rather than larger. If yours is too small then so are my five bikes; but I wouldn’t care as I can ride them as long as I like and they perform exactly as I like.
130 is on the long side but if that’s what you need then so be it.
How tall are you?
How does it feel? Can you ride it for 8 hours without discomfort? Do you feel cramped up or stretched out? -
You're in trainers. not holding the hoods with locked out arms so fix that before asking for bike fit info :P
130mm stem on an already long race bike is pretty long. I'm sure all the slammed stemmed "pros" out there will love it, as it's leaned against a cafe wall, never being ridden for more than an hour.
I'm a couple of CM shorter than you, get pretty low on my 56cm Tarmac and I think it has a 120mm on it so your setup isn't outside the range of reasonable. Handling might start to get a bit meh if you go much longer. Depends on bar shape a bit too - skinnier bars you might want longer stem, etc.
These days I tend to size up on frames though, unlike road racers, because I want to stick as much as possible within the frame triangle.
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Been trying to convince myself my bike is the correct size. Just bought a 130mm stem for it to increase the reach.
Every time I see myself on it, I can't help but think it looks like a BMX 😂 simple solution; don't look at myself on my bike.
It's a 56cm Tarmac. Is it too small?
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