Joe said:
Looks good!
What bars are they?
FSA Omega Compact They were on a tourer when I went for the fitting and they looked just the thing for my small hands with a shallow enough drop so it's not a major adjustment going into them.
Bigtallfatbloke said:
Looks nice.
ok...let me ask a dumb question...what is so great about Hewitt bikes?
I reckon that a lot of people rave about them because of his fitting service - great fit + quality bike is always going to result in a very happy customer, especially those of us who struggle to find something comfortable because we simply don't understand what 'good fit' entails!
Admin said:
Looks smart Graham, and those mudguards will get plenty of abuse in the coming months ...
Are you quite a tall chap?
(just going on the size of the head tube)
Cheers,
Shaun
It pissed down on the first ride... oh such a wonderful summer
I'm only 5'10". You might also notice that the top tube is a little shorter than normal too. Reason for both of these is that I have long legs (33") and short body, then to exacerbate things I have short arms too (every suit jacket ends up needing 1-2" taking off the sleeve!). After quite a comprehensive fitting session, that geometry is what Paul and the framebuilder (can't remember his name, he just popped out from the back for 5 minutes) decided would work best for me whilst still giving the necessary ride qualities. IIRC, there's a good 25-30mm difference between the seat-tube and top-tube measurements.
It's amazingly comfortable fit-wise, and also just frame-wise - even with 23's on, it really does just glide over the bumps and potholes like nothing I've ridden before (I've had alu frames and some high quality steel jobbies over the last few years, never tried carbon though).