I'm having some trouble standing to pedal. It seems like when I stand up the H/B are too close to my body, about 2" and it seems like that's too close. That may be b/c of my riding a 17.5 frame, at 5'9". The LBS owner said this was the size I should get. I'm riding a Trek7500FX
Consequently, I'm doing a lot of hill riding in seated position, with MTB straight bars not a bad thing, in terms of conditioning, as we probably tend to 'cheat' and stand up too much, but anyway, I'm sure I'd be riding better with regular drops and maybe a larger size frame.
-B The number on the side, I'm told, "44cm." is not comparable to road bike sizes.
I'm having some trouble standing to pedal. It seems like when I stand up the H/B are too close to my body, about 2" and it seems like that's too close. That may be b/c of my riding a 17.5 frame, at 5'9". The LBS owner said this was the size I should get. I'm riding a Trek7500FX
Consequently, I'm doing a lot of hill riding in seated position, with MTB straight bars not a bad thing, in terms of conditioning, as we probably tend to 'cheat' and stand up too much, but anyway, I'm sure I'd be riding better with regular drops and maybe a larger size frame.
-B The number on the side, I'm told, "44cm." is not comparable to road bike sizes.
Try out a longer stem before you start switching other components. That'll move the handlebars away from you and since you've been cycling for a while now you would probably appreciate bending over a littel bit more when seated.
My LBS let me try several different sizes befoer i decided which one I wanted. They often have plenty lying around. It's not quite like saddles 😉 -- Perre
I'm having some trouble standing to pedal. It seems like when I stand up the H/B are too close to my body, about 2" and it seems like that's too close. That may be b/c of my riding a 17.5 frame, at 5'9". The LBS owner said this was the size I should get. I'm riding a Trek7500FX
Consequently, I'm doing a lot of hill riding in seated position, with MTB straight bars not a bad thing, in terms of conditioning, as we probably tend to 'cheat' and stand up too much, but anyway, I'm sure I'd be riding better with regular drops and maybe a larger size frame.
-B The number on the side, I'm told, "44cm." is not comparable to road bike sizes.
Try out a longer stem before you start switching other components. That'll move the handlebars away from you and since you've been cycling for a while now you would probably appreciate bending over a littel bit more when seated.
That's a great idea, b/c I've got bar ends pointing straight forward (parallel to the ground) and when I'm trying to get a bit aero, I go to those, and that stretches me out which feels nice. I've been thinking about flipping the stem/riser I have to get some more height, mostly, but didn't occur to me to get a longer stem.
Uh, by stem, I take it you mean the part that connects the threadless steerer to the handlebars on my Trek hybrid.
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My LBS let me try several different sizes befoer i decided which one I wanted. They often have plenty lying around. It's not quite like saddles 😉
I'm having some trouble standing to pedal. It seems like when I stand up the H/B are too close to my body, about 2" and it seems like that's too close. That may be b/c of my riding a 17.5 frame, at 5'9". The LBS owner said this was the size I should get. I'm riding a Trek7500FX
Consequently, I'm doing a lot of hill riding in seated position, with MTB straight bars not a bad thing, in terms of conditioning, as we probably tend to 'cheat' and stand up too much, but anyway, I'm sure I'd be riding better with regular drops and maybe a larger size frame.
-B The number on the side, I'm told, "44cm." is not comparable to road bike sizes.
Try out a longer stem before you start switching other components. That'll move the handlebars away from you and since you've been cycling for a while now you would probably appreciate bending over a littel bit more when seated.
That's a great idea, b/c I've got bar ends pointing straight forward (parallel to the ground) and when I'm trying to get a bit aero, I go to those, and that stretches me out which feels nice. I've been thinking about flipping the stem/riser I have to get some more height, mostly, but didn't occur to me to get a longer stem.
Uh, by stem, I take it you mean the part that connects the threadless steerer to the handlebars on my Trek hybrid.
If you by threadless steerer mean the part of the front fork that sticks up out of the frame, the answer is yes 😉) I think recommended lengths for the stem is maybe 80-140 mm. Anything outside of those ranges should probably be fixed with a different size frame 😉. and a 17.5" frame sounds pretty reasonable in your case I suppose.
