Seatpost exposure.

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Stu Smith

Veteran
Location
Lancashire
Purely a aesthetic question.

How much seatpost do you think showing on a road bike with an horizontal top tube is aesthetically pleasing?
 

Milkfloat

An Peanut
Location
Midlands
About this much <---->
 

Milkfloat

An Peanut
Location
Midlands
The right amount so the bike fits the rider :okay:

Agreed, I don't really have much choice if I want a comfortable ride.

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Milkfloat

An Peanut
Location
Midlands
If you are comfortable then who cares what it looks like, but to be honest I like the look of a big saddle to bars drop, I have had close to 30 years to get used to it.
 

vickster

Legendary Member
What’s the problem then as long as you’re not over the max?
 

si_c

Guru
Location
Wirral
I'm a tad over 6'5" and even on a large frame I have fairly big amount of seatpost showing.

I have a 63cm Kinesis which has about 20ish cm of post showing, my 62cm Trek has about 30cm.

My old road bike which had a slopier top tube still had even more than that.
 
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