Do most of the big boys ride their road bikes near/at the 5cm limit? Hmmm, had no idea. I never went by any set formula, but let balance and weight distribution be my guide and when it was all said and done 11cm of setback was where I ended up....I can ride it all day that way and that is what is most important to me. Just went to the Romin and it's actually more like 12cm now, but I'm sitting in the same place 'in space' I was on my Alias.

Are any of the roadie publications doing data grabs on pro's road setups? Would be interesting to see the setback, drop and whatnot.

Here is an interesting link that details Andy's Madone....115 setback. This could be fun to look at imma gonna dig into this BikeRadar site:

http://www.bikeradar.com/...-madone-69-ssl-28915

After looking at some of the different pro setups it **seems** they all ride what would ordinarily be thought of as a frame a bit too small for the average recreational cyclist.....perhaps in an effort to get shorter head tubes? Lot of 6"+ guys riding 56cm frames with 140+ length stems and HUGE drop. I'm 6'1" and ride a 58cm tt and 125mm stem and it's perfect with no spacers, but damn if I dropped to a 56 it would put me with about 12cm of drop and on a 140ish stem....ouch on the drop.