Originally Posted by
79pmooney
Looks to me like the OP could just turn the post around and reinstall the seat.
Sure, then the reach to the bars is too far. Notice I have a short stem on this bike too. I could not find an alloy seat-post that would get the seat up far enough, so I got a new steel post at the local Schwinn shop for $5 and put the Brooks pro on with an original Brooks "made in England" clamp that let me put the seat on much further forward than before. Top tube is over two-feet long. Luckily I am a pretty tall rider and the bike works great as-is. I measured my height in the lats month and it was about the same as it was 40 years ago, which I attribute to having bicycle riding keep me in shape. I have known people to lose a lot of inches as they march through their 60s and beyond....