Anyone else have this problem? I'm an avid mountain biker wanting to get into road riding for cross training. I got fit for a road bike, and learned that my femer is short, which in turn requires a 75.5 degree seat tube angle. All manufactures that I looked at stock frames at about 73 to 73.5 degrees. My fit guy said that its important to have your knee over the spindle, which resulted in this sort of radical angle.
He is suggesting a custom frame, because to try to make a stock frame work, I'd have to jam the saddle forward a few centimeters, resulting in a longer stem length, resulting in too much weight over the front wheel, making the downhill handling poor.
Given that i've already dumped a bunch of dough into my mountain bike, I wanted to go easy on my road bike; ~$2500. Do I have any other option other than custom? Will the handling be so poor in this scenario that I should spend the extra money for a custom frame? Or is my lbs guy exagerating the problem?
Any help here would be appreciated.
He is suggesting a custom frame, because to try to make a stock frame work, I'd have to jam the saddle forward a few centimeters, resulting in a longer stem length, resulting in too much weight over the front wheel, making the downhill handling poor.
Given that i've already dumped a bunch of dough into my mountain bike, I wanted to go easy on my road bike; ~$2500. Do I have any other option other than custom? Will the handling be so poor in this scenario that I should spend the extra money for a custom frame? Or is my lbs guy exagerating the problem?
Any help here would be appreciated.