bike fitting advice

nwmlarge

i'm getting into my road bike a lot more now as the weather is improving, i am looking for some advice with regards to the fit of the bike.
i would ideally like to adapt this bike to suit me as opposed to junk it in favour of a new setup.

here are a couple of pictures of me on the bike and then one on its own.







i think i may need a slightly longer seat post although i am on the balls of my feet when trying to put my feet down and perhaps a longer stem with a touch more rise.

any thoughts would be great.

father_jack

More pictures needed, with crank at 6/12 o clock, on the hoods. Although at first glance, I think your frame is a bit too small.

Slack

Always difficult to judge from a photograph, but I would say that the seat needs to come up; sounds like seat post shopping is on the cards.

nwmlarge

i shall try to get some more pics tonight.

father_jack

yeah I'd second raising the seat, but by the looks of it you'll be considerbly more crouched. How tall are you, what size bike? When you stand off the saddle, feet on the floor how far is top of tube from male bits?

father_jack

Also level up those lights,useless pointing downwards.

nwmlarge

I'm 6'1"ish i think its 54 off the top of my head but i must measure it up properly.

the lights are aimed down as i was doing some night riding recently on unlit cycle paths near chelmsford and i needed to see the floor.

lots of considerations to keep me busy with later!

father_jack

hmmm think your frame is too small, shorter than you and I ride two 54cm bikes. Somewhere between 5'8" to 5'10"

Anonymous

I'm just over 6'1 and ride a 58 or 59 top tube bike.

That bike looks far too small

clarkey cat

it does look far too small!

could do with a 58 frame surely.

CiB

Another on the frame too small PoV, at first glance.

Your legs look too bent at the 20 past 9 position in the pics; as a start you'd want straight legs with the pedal at the bottom of the stroke and your heel on the pedal.

Your eyeline with hands on the top of the hoods should be such that the front hub is obscured by the bars, give or take a bit. From the pics your head looks a lot further forward, which is where the sense that it's too small comes from.

And there's not enough carbon going on there either.

MichaelW

Too small.
A bigger frame will have a longer top tube so you aren't so cramped. The head-tube is too short. Again, bigger frames usually have higher head-tubes

A sml-med size frame like that probably comes with 170mm cranks. A big guy like you can easily ride 175 and make better use of your leg muscles.

You should have no problem at all flogging such a nice bike.

The default hand position should be on the hoods, with the drops used in headwinds and steep slopes.

father_jack

Your eyeline with hands on the top of the hoods should be such that the front hub is obscured by the bars, give or take a

I can see the front hub too (on both bikes) but I don't think my frame is too small

cornerblock

Has anybody mentioned that it looks too small?

Peddle Up!

Seat's low and it might be too small.

nwmlarge

so essentially i'm not gonna save it with a higher rise longer reach stem and a lay back seat post?

ffs i didn't wanna have to buy another bike

Anonymous

nwmlarge wrote:

so essentially i'm not gonna save it with a higher rise longer reach stem and a lay back seat post?

ffs i didn't wanna have to buy another bike

Not really mate

cornerblock

nwmlarge wrote:

so essentially i'm not gonna save it with a higher rise longer reach stem and a lay back seat post?

ffs i didn't wanna have to buy another bike

Well delete this thread and pretend none of us spoke!

nwmlarge

lol !
high ho high ho
off to the classifieds i go

feel free to pm me with crazy cheap bargains you all want to sell me before i keep looking at chinese carbon...

rake

nwmlarge wrote:

lol !
high ho high ho
off to the classifieds i go

feel free to pm me with crazy cheap bargains you all want to sell me before i keep looking at chinese carbon...

you could probably make it rideable with a longer seat post set further back. stem may be ok because as you go up and back the reach will grow. i wouldnt make the stem any higher.

nwmlarge

maybe i'll take a punt on a seat post and if its not improving things i'll have to call it a day

i have done about 30-40 miles on it so far and its ok but still feels cramped.