So the story goes as follows: Picked up a bike for 200 bucks, but it looked like a Giraffe, ridden by an Urang-utan… people were worried about girth, bananas, even the tyre clearance due to the stem size. (see last photo). Three days later: completely re-assembled with new BB (had to rethread the non-driveside cup), old sugino r2d crankarms I think, drop bars and cheap-ass tape from back in the closet. and a very ugly seat to top it off.
> The stem was indeed a velobike longboi elite 200mm 16deg. Worth more than the buyprice. Also had an izumi goldplated chain.
Framesize is 62, so I guess I need to grow a few inches now?
by hezizou
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Thanks I can go to bed now.
Level saddle
Yeah the stem alone was worth the pickup lol
Looks like that stem is desperately trying to compensate for a short(ish) frame. As long as you are comfortable…
i could cry