My new ride !!! - Page 4

Leonard Zinn is a tall guy like you, and he specializes in making frames for tall guys....and girls, I guess. He even makes custom length cranks (longer, shorter, crankarms of different lengths) those with dimensions outside the norm.

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That's easy: see the piccy for the DIY solution.

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Like I said, it just looked like it was small. You have to remember that analyzing fit by looking at a picture on a forum is most often fruitless and a waste of time that could have been spent looking for nude photos of Mila Jovovich. You have to always remember what Confucius said: "If it feels good, do it, but get a hand full of lard just in case."

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Nice lookin' bike. A sweet ride indeed...

... but the nose of your saddle should not be pointing down like that. You're supposed to sit on the saddle - not rely on your arms pushing against the bars to keep you on it.

As for the 25's - if you like them then keep them. The difference in speed is negligable at best. In a race that 'negligable' may become significant, i.e. in an final sprint you might lose out by a foot but for fast group rides, training and everything else comfy is good.

I'm going on my 2nd ride today, hopefully a 35+ miler, so I'll keep testing everything out, but so far, the comfort and control of it are unbelievable, also the crank's are 175's, which is a big difference coming off of a cyclocross. Even my form is a ton more comfortable, I'm not as slouched over as I was. So far not 1 issue or complaint (knock on wood).

cyclocross bike are designed differently and for it's own set purpose of bikeness ? so that's expected. make sure you post in the daily ride thread after your second ride to help keep that going if you wouldn't mind Gregg. i'll be putting down some serious miles this weekend as well and putting it there, obviously.

glad you're happy with your bike and i'm no pro or experienced anything when it comes to, well, just about anything but i have been enthusiasticly riding for some many years now so i bid you a formal welcome on my behalf only along with your new ride to the wonderful world of cycling.

now go ride a hundred miles!

Preston.

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great to see , what kind of average mph did you do is it better than last bike , did 30 miles this evening mixed ride think i over did it a bit very tired was working today asswell ...... are you in the states ?

Normally I used to ride my "after-work" 22 mile route in about 1:20, today's ride on my new bike was 1:14. I know I had more energy than usual, but it is such a huge difference in everything from comfort to speed. I simply love it.

I am in the US since 1993, came from Poland.

-Greg

as a follow up to my earlier post: the Z series is supposed to be more relaxed geo; right?

Yes it definitely is. The main thing I found is that I'm not as slouched over (cause of the compact style), so I have zero neck, back, arm, any pain. Plus I have way more control and power. Every ride gets better as I get used to it.

Looks great!

Beautiful bike!