Oskario wrote:
I was in an accident last summer where the fork on my bike snapped just under the stem, sending me flying at quite some speed. I had quite a long stem which probably leveraged a lot of force to the fork when hitting a pot hole, damaging the carbon.
After that I've been looking at bikes that are built without a stem being mounted to the fork but with an integrated stem. It just feels more safe. Problem is I ride quite long and low and it's hard to find bikes like that to my fit numbers.
Until I looked into the P5d. First it seemed too short, but then I noticed that the reach spec is to the back of the pad. So I was hoping to get some help from someone who knows if my assumptions described below are correct?
I've had a bike fit done and I have the saddle at 765mm (172,5 cm crank arms) and at -50mm from BB. My arm pad stack is 625 and my arm pad reach is 535 to center pad. I'm 181cm tall.
Translated to the tool on the cervélo official site, I interpret that my numbers are equivalent to a pad stack of 625 and a pad reach of 490, since these measurements are to the back of the pad? Many pads seem to be around 90mm, so a deduction of 45mm is reasonable when comparing the numbers?
If I have the above assumptions right, then I would be able to fit into both a size 56 and a size 58? My stand over height is limited at 82 which also is fine with the 80,4 on the size 58.
So from the above numbers, I reckon a size 58 would fit me the best, leaving my elbows pretty much in the centre reach-wise and being 42 yo it's not likely I'm gonna need to get any lower.
The P5d, *especially* with the EX-10 monoriser from the P3x, is a pretty long and low bike. Yes, as you mentioned Cervelo measures reach to back of pad for the P5d. What are your fit coordinates? There's a thread where you can post your fit coordinates and get a size and configuration recommendation here:
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/...ing=cervelo#p6893963
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