Standover height is mostly for beginners who are still learning how to ride a bike.
Since you already know how to ride, you aren't really planting both feet down.... almost ever. And you'll naturally lean the bike for clearance. Check out cyclecross bikes from the 90s with toestraps and horizontal top tubes (very high BB clearance because of toe strap and very high standover). Surely not ideal (aesthetically or as a just in case measure), but not an issue if you know what you are doing. I have ridden plenty of crit bikes where standover is taller than my inseam.
On the Felt tool, if you are looking at the IA (not the IAx), the 31.8mm option is the dagger stem. IA10 would be under IAx, and it would only show integrated (since you say you see 31.8mm, I am sure you are looking at the single digit IA and not the IA10). The wording for IAx is misleading, it says integrated, but it means a standard -6 degree 90mm stem.
But if you are concerned, a TT focused bike (such as Specialized Shiv TT) would be your best bet (But I think it doesn't have tilt). Fit wise, Cervelo P5D or P3x with P3x hardware will probably the best (as Eric mentioned). I think you'll end up dropping your stack a bit.
And here's a picture of Patrick Lange next to his bike.
and see how much seatpost Jennifer Spieldenner is working with. FYI, this is pretty common in late 90s when bikes had horizontal tubes and long reach (vs. low stack) dominated fit philosophy
One thing I do worry about on all these super big bikes is standover height. I only have a 860mm inseam. That's why I didn't get the Canyon Large originally, the standover higher is >860mm.
How much nut clearance does once comfortably need? 3cm?
Since you already know how to ride, you aren't really planting both feet down.... almost ever. And you'll naturally lean the bike for clearance. Check out cyclecross bikes from the 90s with toestraps and horizontal top tubes (very high BB clearance because of toe strap and very high standover). Surely not ideal (aesthetically or as a just in case measure), but not an issue if you know what you are doing. I have ridden plenty of crit bikes where standover is taller than my inseam.
On the Felt tool, if you are looking at the IA (not the IAx), the 31.8mm option is the dagger stem. IA10 would be under IAx, and it would only show integrated (since you say you see 31.8mm, I am sure you are looking at the single digit IA and not the IA10). The wording for IAx is misleading, it says integrated, but it means a standard -6 degree 90mm stem.
But if you are concerned, a TT focused bike (such as Specialized Shiv TT) would be your best bet (But I think it doesn't have tilt). Fit wise, Cervelo P5D or P3x with P3x hardware will probably the best (as Eric mentioned). I think you'll end up dropping your stack a bit.
And here's a picture of Patrick Lange next to his bike.
and see how much seatpost Jennifer Spieldenner is working with. FYI, this is pretty common in late 90s when bikes had horizontal tubes and long reach (vs. low stack) dominated fit philosophy
wintershade wrote:
One thing I do worry about on all these super big bikes is standover height. I only have a 860mm inseam. That's why I didn't get the Canyon Large originally, the standover higher is >860mm.
How much nut clearance does once comfortably need? 3cm?
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bloodyshogun: Oct 22, 19 6:20