Goodbye sweetheart - farewell to a dead bike

Are you saying being overly stretched out (which doesn't have to happen just because you have a larger frame) puts more weight on your hands?

I'm going to assume not, as it's not true. Being pitched too far forward over the bottom bracket with a too short/low stem causes that. Furthermore, smaller frame sizes have steeper seat-tubes, which increases the likelihood of this happening.

No, I meant that if his seat to bar drop is too high at the moment, he might notice it because he will have a lot of weight on his hands. I hadn't thought about him being too far forward though.

My thinking was that his current frame might be the right headtube length for him, and he should play with stems and stuff to dial in the fit rather than go for a larger frame which might have too long a headtube.

Though I now wonder if he felt stretched out on the larger frame because he was used to riding one which was too small.

And now I am racked with doubt. I am usually so sure about my internet bike fitting skillz.