Road bike recommendations

Hey gregor - good news :)

sorry about not replying to your PM - bit behind on my personal communication at the moment. Will reply and work out a date for beer tonight.

nice one-look forward to it.

The Merckx looks pretty stunning-would be tempted mesel' if I had the readies.

If anyone is looking for good deals on groupsets try getting in touch with seller KSL300 or bettyoch2207 who are both a guy called Michael who is up in Hackney and just sorted me out with 2011 Ultegra cheaper even than crazy Belgian promo price + shipping on previous page.

Also been recommended on BR a while ago for cheap Campagnolo and components.

So "a guy called Michael who is up in Hackney and just sorted me out" with some good gear. Nice to see the borough living up to its reputation.

Also MrSmyth has a good point, about having some spacers, for flexability of position.

i'm actually implying something else. get rid of the extra spacers. one small one above headset. and a tiny one above stem and a head-tube to get the right bar height (you can play with stem angle too) it's going to make the front end stiffer.
loads of spacers = potential movement

i'm actually implying something else. get rid of the extra spacers. one small one above headset. and a tiny one above stem and a head-tube to get the right bar height (you can play with stem angle too) it's going to make the front end stiffer.
loads of spacers = potential movement

I wasnt recommending a stack. But having none, means if you switch to bars with less drop, you're stuck.

You just get a negative rise stem; or some inverse spacers.

So "a guy called Michael who is up in Hackney and just sorted me out" with some good gear. Nice to see the borough living up to its reputation.

He just droppped it off to me; full retail packaging not a bin bag of OEM parts either :)

I remember the olden days when you had to go into the back room of a news agent's shop in Bognor to score cheap Campag.

Halcyon days....

went for new bike consultation with Scherrit today - was great. I can highly recommend it.

Dispelled some myths, taught me a lot, fed me great coffee, listened to me crap on about bikes, and then told me that despite being tall I actually need a small-ish frame —*54/55 rather than the 56/57 I currently ride. Got long legs and a short body.

Oh and he has a lovely dog.

So, will await my recommendations from Scherrit and let you know.

fettle is awesome

will be interesting to see what he suggests for you.

long legs, short body - ladies shopper?

Inverse stem

Or inverse top tube.

Dispelled some myths, taught me a lot, fed me great coffee, listened to me crap on about bikes, and then told me that despite being tall I actually need a small-ish frame —*54/55 rather than the 56/57 I currently ride. Got long legs and a short body.

Huh.. I've got short legs and I was thinking of sizing down for the next bike. Shows what I know.

Huh.. I've got short legs and I was thinking of sizing down for the next bike. Shows what I know.

it depends on the seat angle ,you can put a short legged person on a small frame but use a steep seat angle and a long legged person with loads of seat pin showing but use a shallow seat angle

I guess it depends what the geometry of the frame is.

it depends on everything.
shape,size, geometry, stem length, intended use, flexibility etc etc.

I have long legs, should I buy a Colnago EPS for tricks or something from BLB?

I have long legs, should I buy a Colnago EPS for tricks or something from BLB?

colnago. the decals peel off for stealth carbon shizzle.

Got long legs and a short body.

Out of interest, how long and how short? I'm similarly gifted physically, but feel happiest on a bike with a long seat tube and 5cm or so less top tube.

How do I multi-quote? Dov has lovely legs.

Um, I will have to get back to you about that - I'm approx 5'11" and I have an inside leg of about 34". I need a 54/55 top tube - nearer to 54 though I think if I want a decent stem length. Will see what Scherrit sends me (didn't write down my measurements yesterday).

Dan, thanks, thats enough to go on. I'm doing home work on getting a new frame, and I'm not much taller than you.

apparently i have disproportionately long femur bones.. which would be why I find public transport so bloody uncomfortable :)

No pressure Dan, but a disproportionately long femur has been recognised in the sport as one of the things you need to be a great champion, as the likes of Coppi, Anquetil, Merckx, Indurain et al all had this characteristic.