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Textima track bike always looks very uncomfortable
I believe the rider uses their nose as a brake.
You would have to change the chain ring before attempting a very steep hill.You could ride that up a very steep hill and the saddle and stem would be level.
I'm 'only' 1.86 m (6'1") tall. I have 10 cm (4") from saddle to top of bars, and 23 cm (9") to drops so that sounds a similar setup, with a smidge off for my more diminutive proportions!I'm a tad over 6'5" and the saddle to bar drop depends on the bike, but it's around 5" lower - so about 10" to the bottom of the drops. I actually spend a lot of time on the drops compared to the hoods.
Yup, most of my riding at the moment is done in dress trousers and a shirt - I've put on a bit since January, and it's certainly noticeable on the dropsI'm 'only' 1.86 m (6'1") tall. I have 10 cm (4") from saddle to top of bars, and 23 cm (9") to drops so that sounds a similar setup, with a smidge off for my more diminutive proportions!
I was fairly comfortable on the drops until I put some weight on over the winter. I now have a small roll of fat in the way when I bend forwards. It wouldn't be a big deal with bibshorts, but the waistband and belt on my Endura Humvees (<--- see avatar picture) tend to make their presence uncomfortably obvious.
Sorry to divert from the main point, but one of Cheshire's finest housesI have my bars as high as possible as after 25/35 miles my neck starts to sieze up (its age).
On Saturday my ride took me to Arley Hall where I got talking to a guy that was maybe 6' 2"......maybe more.
He was on a Giant TCR and his saddle must have been 10" higher than his bars. I had to comment on it and his answer was "It was one inch less till my bike fit yesterday and they raised it".
I am no expert but it just looked wrong.
My thought was, surely he needs a bigger frame.
What's the bottom bracket height?With mine it varies due to the differing sizes of the head tubes over the bikes.
I've just done some comparisons and on the six road & flat bar bikes the centre of the crank to top of the saddle is fairly consistant at around 79cm, however the measurement from the fork crown to the top of the steerer goes from 24cm up to 29cm (there's a 5mm spacer above the stem, then the top cap on all of them).
Measured vertically from the floor they range from 105cm to 107cm to the top of the sadddle and 93cm to 103cm to the bars.