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How come? does it not fit you that well still?

It's largely about the shitty seat tube angle on the longtaff (76deg), but the larger clearances and canti brakes are also appealing for mudguard and tyre clearance

Yesh, I'd also changed the frame for the pass hunter as well for that reason, according to VO (14/10/13);

Latest news on the Pass Hunter frames is that they will be here in two to three weeks.

Worth speaking to Freshtripe about preordering it, although you do need the geo sheet.

geo sheet here

http://support.velo-orange.com/#passhunter.html

Think I'd go for 59cm
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Whoop, Geometry is indeed online.

59cm top tube? isn't that a little too long?

Yeah 59cm does sound quite long

my current is 53cm but only due to the steep seat tube, and you can see the extreme lengths I've gone to set my saddle back because of it, with a normal seat tube angle my current top tube would be much longer.

will have to do a little math...

A standard ST would be 73* as you know, the TT is on the Longstaff is 53cm?

76 degree** mean that the top tube on the Longstaff is realistically 56cm, so I reckon a 57cm would fit you very well without looking all T-rexy and needing to buy new component to make it fit again***.

*with normal saddle setback, or even inline with the SAA saddle.
**1 degree steeper = 1cm longer give or take.
***I tell a lie, you probably need a 10mm shorter stem.

I have been riding 25/28 for a week now. Feels sluggish but that might be the change of wheels rather than tyres. Amazing comfort and I feel like a tank

A standard ST would be 73* as you know, the TT is on the Longstaff is 53cm?

76 degree** mean that the top tube on the Longstaff is realistically 56cm, so I reckon a 57cm would fit you very well without looking all T-rexy and needing to buy new component to make it fit again***.

*with normal saddle setback, or even inline with the SAA saddle.
**1 degree steeper = 1cm longer give or take.
***I tell a lie, you probably need a 10mm shorter stem.

Thanks for that info fella!
I've recently stuck a cheap 110cm stem on actually for a tad more read so it would be a good excuse to go back to my nice ritchey 100mm stem :)

I have been riding 25/28 for a week now. Feels sluggish but that might be the change of wheels rather than tyres. Amazing comfort and I feel like a tank

Know dat feel,
going from 23c to 28c, come at me potbroles

Please, 42mm.

Neither of my bikes can take tyres larger than 23c. Not that I give a shit.

^^ :')

inb4

I accidently pumped the 60c tyres on my town bike up too hard and now it's too twitchy...;(

potbroles made my day

And less resistant;

This image only shows one length, not the full surface. And it is also dependant on tire pressure. I notice that I have less resistance when using 23s compared to 25s, both about the same pressure, though not accurately measured. It also depends on the profile of the tire. However, the ones I've tested were both slick. Then theres the compound of the tire... Well you see where I'm going. I'm no expert but common sense tells me that the best tires are those of personal preference.

It is down to personal preference, for those who's less than 60kg is likely to be comfortable on 23mm as they didn't have to pump it up that high, and of course depend on the road surface, Surreys for instance have appalling road surface that make havoc on your hand and arse with the amount of vibration going through you that a 25mm or even 28mm would not only make it more comfortable, but prevent the tyres from skipping while descending, provide more grip while ascending, and allow a smoother ride too.

There's no reason why you have to stay with 23mm other than conventional wisdom, the 23mm give the illusion of speed with the road buzz, but in reality doesn't make you go faster, just feel faster.

Even Hippy have 25mm tyres on the rear when he did the 24 hours Mersey Road TT and did 518 miles.

To be fair, Hippy is very fat and does need a bigger tyres to support his pie-eating champion frame.

I used to swear by running 120 in everything.

Now I run 90-100 front 100-120 rear on the fixed, 25c front and just put a 28 on the back.

On my commuter though running 32c at 70-80psi and love it. So comfy, Scoble's ranting on about pressures made me try it out in the end and I'm glad I did.

Main factor is the 32c at that pressure still feel quick, not draggy, just smoother.

consulting psi to bar converter

Has anyone here owned/ridden a Surly Pacer? The 2014 frameset in red has caught my eye for a winter bike (though I don't think they'll be available until January). Interested to hear any opinions/feedback.

Brixton Cycles tend to have some Pacer in their shop floor, might be worth borrowing it to try out?

The 2014 version does look pretty awesome, I love the fact the colour is called a "Disco Tomato"

Yeah, I know they do lots of Surly stuff. Unfortunately it's not very easy for me to get there at the moment.

Fair enough, JB have a Pacer at the moment, worth asking him?

Didn't Cake have one?