SBRcanuck wrote:
I was just reading the article about the Scott Plasma...
So with my pad stack (about 64cm) and pad reach (about 45) numbers, am I reading that chart correctly in that I could just barely fit the reach of a size small??? Seems odd for someone 5'10. I know I have slightly shorter arms than some my height, but how would anyone much shorter than me fit on a Plasma if, according to the chart, the shortest reach on the smallest size is about 44.5cm?
go to
this article. what you'll see is that bikes are pretty similar one to the next nowadays in terms of frame geometry, but they're all over the place in how they fit because of the front ends on these bikes.
if you had a giant trinity advanced pro you'd be on the forum complaining about your inability to get the Pad Y of 640mm you need, right? because giant screwed the pooch on pad height adjustability, while scott did not pay close enough attention to pad fore/aft adjustability. that chart i up explains the whole dilemma!
now, let me tell you how to get yourself out of your dilemma. first, this was sika henry's dilemma. she didn't have near enough pad x. but her problem wasn't the bike, it was her position. she wasn't forward enough. now she is. and when she went forward, she found all the pad x she needed. i therefore would like to investigate whether we really need to find you a pad y of 450mm or so on a size M (which is probably what you need) before we go to the trouble of doing that.
having said that, the plasma premium has profile design made aerobars. but the pads themselves aren't that big. plus, there is no way to move the pads fore/aft other than place them in a fore or aft holeset and there are only 3 holesets. you can move the extension fore/afte easily, but not the pads. you can go back 15mm or so and that's it. in fact, that prescriber in the article up today shows a range of 30mm fore/aft per size but it really isn't a range. it's 3 positions: neutral, 15mm fore, 15mm aft.
now, go to
this article. see that big plush pad, that new f40 armrest? that has 5 holesets. i checked because i have that pad in my workshop, and the holes line up with the plasma premium bracket. i had these at the ready in case sika needed to come back some, and i was just going to sub these big pads in and move them as far back as i safely could.
so, if you really do need to move back to 450mm or so of pad y (measuring to the center of the pad) this new pad on a plasma will get you there on a size M. furthermore, the pad is sufficiently long, fore/aft, that you could get pretty close to where you need to be even if you're on a size L.
but make sure you're properly positioned before you go to extra lengths to make the bike match your current position.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman