andreasreichl wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:27 am
dear weight weenies,
my name is andreas from linz/austria. i am new here. i do love riding bikes and especially like going uphill, on the flat and without colleagues it can be a bit boring to me.
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Andreas, I am also fishing for one, but you cannot make a mistake! I am 172 cms inseam 82, 82kg post winter, 77kg mid summer. All professional fittings have me on a stack of some 550 min 560 preferred) and reach of 380-385 with a 90 mm stem. I go for 100 to avoid hitting the handlebars. This eliminates for me brands such as Specialized Giant etc... In Colnago VR3S I am a perfect 52S. Time I am Medium, and nothing less especially if you may end up adding a electronic, there is no cable room for 70 mm spacers. But basically with a proper fit a good bike fits me like a glove and a good bike is very tough for me due to long legs and short torso.
You are definitely smaller than Medium due to your 79cm inseam. But remember what Calnago (RIP) wrote the specs will be off and higher!
I recommend that you do a professional fit / measurement school for actual perfect stack to reach then, and only then you buy. I ordered my V3RS blindly but, true to specs, it fit like a glove...
To give you an idea, although I did fits in 2014 and 2015, in 2020 I felt the need for another done with he specialized Retul. They raised my seat height by 10 mm and, the power and speed I gained (5%) were a shock. So 2 km hr at 40.
The reason why the saddle height matters is the changing saddle rail length that forum folks here did not mention in 2018. So saddle makers SHORTENED rails to lower weight and move the rear bens forward! 2014 carbon saddles such a specialized Romin EVO lost 15 mm at the rear for a 2021 EVO as did many brands. This was the biggest secret Garfunkel in the cycling industry as it messed people's seatpost options, they ended up setback to the rear, unable to advance the rails, and now the clamps have to be minimalist to permit some fwd movement, fortunately Time offers the 0 post.
Right now Selle San Marco and overpriced Selle Italia are reintroducing longer rails, 10 mmm. So keep in mind a new saddle geometry for a beautiful new Time...
Also, no matter the saddle, at 10.000 Kim's they are done. Selle Italia starts unceremoniously harming the back at 5000-7000 Kms....
But, overall, please do a professional fit before committing such money and also if you did one before, odds are things changed over the years depending of flexibility etc...
), and I could achieve the frame at a great price. (And honestly, I want to change from Specialized).
) Over time it should come down to ~7.2 by going tubeless, carbon cockpit, and DA cassette.
. Won't mention the build quality, @kgt has said it all
