singletrackmac
Dirt Disciple
Muddy paw":2h3ujzxf said:singletrackmac":2h3ujzxf said:mkone":2h3ujzxf said:im the same, and find myself using shorter stems nowadays. Some i still set up long but i cant ride them for long, oh the joy of oldness :roll: my marin has a 22" tt which is too long even for short rides, no matter how much i like the bike its just not as much fun anymore.
Same for me. My XXL Bonty, which used to be great for my 6'4" (1.93m) frame with it's 24" TT and 150mm stem now feels way too stretched. It is really fast set up this way, but I will be switching to a shorter stem as even short <5mile rides now hurt my back afterwords. :facepalm: After many years of rugby and now a 2 and 3 year old I got to take car of my back so I can hopefully keep riding these great old bikes for many, many more years
Glad to see your seeing sense as you don't want to end up feeling crippled or being crippled for that matter so maybe a 110mm stem would be better as you don't want to be to cramped up either with being so tall and at least your lovely Bonty won't end up being left gathering dust ..
And having children that are 2 and 3 years of age can be quite demanding as it is and you want to be fit enough to enjoy playing games with their children when they grow up as i found out it's quite demanding but damn good fun plus they'll really love you for it ..
What's funny is Bontrager made a frame one size larger which was the XXLS, with the "S" standing for stretch. It had a 25" TT with a 150mm stem :shock: That is some reach.