damon_rinard wrote:
Hi jaretj,
No, but I personally think that would be really cool, and could present the case for consideration. I'd be interested to see your preferred geometry, and a guess as to the number of riders who might buy such a bike.
Cheers,
Damon
My personal issue is that I have short legs and gorilla length arms. I need a low saddle to get the right knee angle and the corresponding low bar height to get the right hip angle. Now I'm not exceedingly low, it's just I'm 64" have the arm-span and body length of someone that is 67".
The problem I have with the 700C road bike is that when I get the bars in the position I like, (I've done it on my Felt F5) the bottom of the handlebars are below the top of the front tire and I don't think that is legal for ITU draft legal racing (I don't seem to be able to get an answer from anyone about that). I'm using the shortest drop bar I can find (Bontrager Race VR-S), I've thought about bending the bottom of the drops up slightly since I only need about 3/4"
Now if I could find a 700C bike with a higher bottom bracket that would work great, it would be similar to putting blocks on my pedals like when I was young.
As for the guess as to the number of riders who may buy such a bike, I know it'd be small but Cannondale could paint it pink and put flowers on it to market it to small Asian women and I'd still ride it.
My measurements for my Cannondale CAAD5 XS (44) are in my profile. I really like that bike but it's really short front to back. The Trek 2200 I have in there fits great but the frame is 16 years old.