Question about fit

[Gary]

I have a chance to get a good deal on a 2007 Madone (60cm) - I'm 6'1". I've
had back problems and would like to raise the bars by using a higher stem. I
don't want to use those fake stem raisers. I couldn't find any road stems
with a high enough angle (31.8 cm, 125 degrees). I did find an aluminum
mountain stem, however. Is a mountain stem with this angle suitable for a
road bike? Will I encounter any problems?
Thanks - Gary

[joseph.santaniello@gmail.com]

On Mar 8, 6:55*pm, "Gary" <gasmi...@castcom.net> wrote:
> I have a chance to get a good deal on a 2007 Madone (60cm) - I'm 6'1". I've
> had back problems and would like to raise the bars by using a higher stem. I
> don't want to use those fake stem raisers. I couldn't find any road stems
> with a high enough angle (31.8 cm, 125 degrees). I did find an aluminum
> mountain stem, however. Is a mountain stem with this angle suitable for a
> road bike? Will I encounter any problems?
> Thanks - Gary

The bar diameter is not the same.

Joseph

[Mike Jacoubowsky]

"Gary" <gasmiley@castcom.net> wrote in message
news:xeGdnR4ff9CJTk_anZ2dnUVZ_qelnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
|I have a chance to get a good deal on a 2007 Madone (60cm) - I'm 6'1". I've
| had back problems and would like to raise the bars by using a higher stem.
I
| don't want to use those fake stem raisers. I couldn't find any road stems
| with a high enough angle (31.8 cm, 125 degrees). I did find an aluminum
| mountain stem, however. Is a mountain stem with this angle suitable for a
| road bike? Will I encounter any problems?
| Thanks - Gary

Gary:

Torelli makes some very nice-looking 35-degree-rise stems, in 31.8mm, that
might be just the ticket. We sell & use many of them.

But what we really need to know is how much "drop", if any, you prefer from
the top of the seat to the top of the bars. You can easily figure this by
simply measuring from the top of the saddle to the ground, then the top of
the bars to the ground, and subtract the difference. With that information I
can mock it up on a bike on our floor and tell you if it looks reasonable.
Heck, I don't even have to do it at the shop; my own bike is a 60cm Madone.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

[joseph.santaniello@gmail.com]

joseph.santaniello@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 8, 6:55�pm, "Gary" <gasmi...@castcom.net> wrote:
> > I have a chance to get a good deal on a 2007 Madone (60cm) - I'm 6'1". I've
> > had back problems and would like to raise the bars by using a higher stem. I
> > don't want to use those fake stem raisers. I couldn't find any road stems
> > with a high enough angle (31.8 cm, 125 degrees). I did find an aluminum
> > mountain stem, however. Is a mountain stem with this angle suitable for a
> > road bike? Will I encounter any problems?
> > Thanks - Gary
>
> The bar diameter is not the same.
>
> Joseph

Oops. I didn't see you specified OS diameter.

Joseph

[datakoll]

http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-54900.html

why are cyclists disagreeable?

[Tom Keats]

In article <0b273c75-0b6f-4bd9-a3a3-6f53bda9cda0@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
datakoll <datakoll@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-54900.html
>
> why are cyclists disagreeable?

"They" put something in Clif bars & Gu.


cheers,
Tom

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[datakoll]

exceesive pressure on the small intestine, a kink in the assending
colon, bent nueronal sheaths more likely

[Tom Keats]

In article <aaaced52-9899-4e73-aeb8-c7ef57093e68@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>,
datakoll <datakoll@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>
> exceesive pressure on the small intestine, a kink in the assending
> colon, bent nueronal sheaths more likely

That's what the stuff "They" step-on Clif bars & Gu with, does.
Except for the bent neuronal sheaths. That's caused by inhaling
tour bus & stretch limousine exhaust fumes, too much TV, and
drinking beer out of aluminum cans.

I vaguely recall a PBS-or-something program about an art form
where huge, artsie-fartsie robots are constructed and programmed
to just slowly & meticulously take themselves apart and unbuild
themselves. I've noted how cyclists can be like that with each other.

Life is a curious wonderment.


cheers,
Tom

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[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <tsj5rf.kd.ln@vcn.bc.ca>, tkeats2005@hotmail.com (Tom Keats)
wrote:

> In article
> <aaaced52-9899-4e73-aeb8-c7ef57093e68@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>,
> datakoll <datakoll@yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> >
> > exceesive pressure on the small intestine, a kink in the assending
> > colon, bent nueronal sheaths more likely
>
> That's what the stuff "They" step-on Clif bars & Gu with, does.
> Except for the bent neuronal sheaths. That's caused by inhaling
> tour bus & stretch limousine exhaust fumes, too much TV, and
> drinking beer out of aluminum cans.
>
> I vaguely recall a PBS-or-something program about an art form
> where huge, artsie-fartsie robots are constructed and programmed
> to just slowly & meticulously take themselves apart and unbuild
> themselves. I've noted how cyclists can be like that with each other.

Are you speaking of Survival Research Labs?

http://srl.org/

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