Birmingham Bike Polo (Wednesday nights / Sundays - info in the thread)

the weird thing about your bike (last time i saw it) wasn't the length, it was the drop to the bars. must be at least 20cm. obscene.

seriously though, give these things some time. making a big change will always feel weird - it doesn't mean it's wrong. some people say you should only change things 5mm at a time, max.

Different bike! I got a discounted Kona Honky tonk. I still want a bike through the cyclescheme though, & I'm tempted to get a Trek 6500 from OYB.

They don't make frames for people like me :( I have a high leg to upper body ratio.

I filed down a 14mm axle to fit my azonic frame, but it wasn't easy to do, i came within a gnats pube of fooking it all up.
You can actually buy 'flat' 14mm axles to fit 10mm dropouts. In the middle of the axle - inside the hub - the cross section is a 14mm diameter circle so it fits the centre hole in the bearings*, but at the ends, outside the hub, the cross section is 14mm wide x 10mm high. Curved and threaded at the sides, flat on the top and bottom. They will obviously fit sliding dropouts & track ends. I had to buy one for my Ruption TX5 when I was 13 as I was sick of bending 10mm axles.

*Actually 14mm axles have a 15mm shoulder for the bearings to sit on - the bearings have a 15mm hole.