guess tall people have a bigger upper body and longer arms to make up for the drop
Proportionally, yes. But it can still lead into strange directions. I can ride a ridiculously high drop too, but have no reach.. For being 190 cm (guess that makes me much shorter than fletwck), most would say I'd need a 62 cm frame. But nope, even with a 59 cm frame I wish to mount a 60 mm stem. With 54-56 cm, reach problems don't exist but end up with a drop looking scary, but still perfectly ridable for me...
Proportionally, yes. But it can still lead into strange directions. I can ride a ridiculously high drop too, but have no reach.. For being 190 cm (guess that makes me much shorter than fletwck), most would say I'd need a 62 cm frame. But nope, even with a 59 cm frame I wish to mount a 60 mm stem. With 54-56 cm, reach problems don't exist but end up with a drop looking scary, but still perfectly ridable for me...