"I call bullsh*t" is my new favourite phrase so I'm gonna use it....
This question is purely ainmed at fitting, not ride characteristics etc - Ive seen it posted many times that bike manufacturers claim they can fit the same amount of people with a reduced number of sizes in a compact framed bike, presumeably because of the sloping top tube. How teh hell does that work??!
My feeble mind says how a frame fits is based on the position of the headset, bottom bracket and saddle, in relation to each other in terms of distance and angle. So surely a limited number of frame sizes in a "traditional" frame will fit people just as well/equally as badly as a limited number of frame sizes in a compact style - right?
Im no expert on bike fit (Im too ashamed to post a pic of my aero position here!! I look like a bag of spanners :-) ), so Im more than willing to be proved wrong by minds greater than my own!
PS - I know/train/race with Bobby who posts here, and Im getting abit concerned about all his questions about farting and p*ssing in the pool....
"You're so money Mikey, and you don't even know it..."
This question is purely ainmed at fitting, not ride characteristics etc - Ive seen it posted many times that bike manufacturers claim they can fit the same amount of people with a reduced number of sizes in a compact framed bike, presumeably because of the sloping top tube. How teh hell does that work??!
My feeble mind says how a frame fits is based on the position of the headset, bottom bracket and saddle, in relation to each other in terms of distance and angle. So surely a limited number of frame sizes in a "traditional" frame will fit people just as well/equally as badly as a limited number of frame sizes in a compact style - right?
Im no expert on bike fit (Im too ashamed to post a pic of my aero position here!! I look like a bag of spanners :-) ), so Im more than willing to be proved wrong by minds greater than my own!
PS - I know/train/race with Bobby who posts here, and Im getting abit concerned about all his questions about farting and p*ssing in the pool....
"You're so money Mikey, and you don't even know it..."