On One Pickenflick? (Also known as make my Ritchey fit me!)

bendertherobot

Possibly! It's currently Thomson master or Ritchey WCS. Both at least £55. Worth a try, as you say. Almost better to try the £75 version Ritchey as, if it works, it stays on.

gweeds

That's what I'd do in your position. Like you say it solves the saddle problem.

I ride an inline on my steel bike which has the trad horizontal TT like yours.

bendertherobot

Ta for the help by the way. It's not as if I'm desperate to do this.

Small concession to utilitarianism mind. I'll be running it with Ritchey Paradigm pedals this year (if this works)

gweeds

Plus you could sell the existing post for say £40-45 making cost to change very low.

on the pedals.

bendertherobot

Saddle and post stripped off. Will stick them in the classifieds later.

This may just work, you know. Had a Fizik Cyrano on the Condor. 25mm layback. Every bit counts.

Pryally

bendertherobot wrote:

btw, what makes it better than the ATR in your view? (Which is way outside my price range)

The geometry is better On the pickenflick, the front end on the atr feels too high.

bendertherobot

Finding a bloody 27.2mm, 350mm inline Ritchey WCS is not the easiest job!

anjasola

Take a deep breath bendertherobot,save up and buy a Ritchey Swiss Cross Disc. I choked at the price they cost to build BUT every penny was worth it.

bendertherobot

I'll save up

But, for now, let's try this inline post thing..............

holiver

Could try some compact bars if you don't already have them too. They made a real difference on my Kinesis which is quite long in the TT too.

mattsccm

I have had one since last spring. Well 2 but the first was nicked. Use it as a road bike and I love it. Was mildly peeved that the second version came with hydro's fitted when mine from last year was just BB7's but nothing really to moan about. Been having that issue for about 5 years, being ahead of the trend with road discs.

bendertherobot

My inline post arrived. A Ritchey WCS one, of course. Blasted black rather than wet. Looks nicer IMO.

The one bolt clamp is a nightmare. But got a saddle on. It won't be the saddle I use because I don't want to spend on that until I know it's sorted.

But my initial sitting on thoughts were very positive. Ride tomorrow to check it out.

I've thought as well that a lot may be to do with the fact that I've ridden two other bikes solidly for almost 6 months (winter, CX etc). So I have no "feel" for the Ritchey. Once I use it regularly I may well find that it's fine.

daniel_b

bendertherobot wrote:

My inline post arrived. A Ritchey WCS one, of course. Blasted black rather than wet. Looks nicer IMO.

The one bolt clamp is a nightmare. But got a saddle on. It won't be the saddle I use because I don't want to spend on that until I know it's sorted.

But my initial sitting on thoughts were very positive. Ride tomorrow to check it out.

I've thought as well that a lot may be to do with the fact that I've ridden two other bikes solidly for almost 6 months (winter, CX etc). So I have no "feel" for the Ritchey. Once I use it regularly I may well find that it's fine.

Have you considered a shorter stem as well?

I am 5ft 10, but with a 34" inseam versus a short torso - I've made my bikes far more comfortable by taking variations of that route.
A 56 will probably come with a 100 or 110 stem, if the inline seatpost is not enough (I use those too) you could swap it out for a 80 or 90, and of course you can always slide the saddle forwards a few mm as well.
Transformed the ride and comfort on my winter bike.
For my new bike I have bought a smaller frame, but with a highish headtube, so am hoping the drop will be managable.

bendertherobot

Yeah, I'm alternating between trying an 80 and 90. I don't think I'm far off the measurements of my old 56 Croix de Fer now so I hope I'm there. Dry tomorrow so will do a 30 miler.

stevie63

Sorry to thread hijack, but can I just check, does the Road Logic frame come supplied with a bottom Bracket cable guide?

bendertherobot

You mean the plastic doobrie under the bb? Yes.

stevie63

bendertherobot wrote:

You mean the plastic doobrie under the bb? Yes.

I believe that is the technical name, thank you for letting me know.

lostboysaint

bendertherobot wrote:

There was an alternative mind. This, with Hy Rd and new wheels.......
http://www.dolan-bikes.com/dolan-cdx-ca ... -bike.html

Like, a lot. And they do an XXL