Originally Posted by
Fiery
So we are talking Fezzari Empire vs. Specialized Tarmac SL6? Fezzari size M with a 110 stem and a 10 mm conical spacer + 10 mm regular spacer will have 2 mm more stack and 3 mm more reach than a Tarmac size 56 with the same spacer setup and a 100 mm stem. Declared handlebar reach differences are meaningless in practice since everybody seems to measure them differently, and they change a lot anyway depending on how the bar is angled and how the shifters are positioned on it. For all intents and purposes, these two bikes are the same size.
Yup. Thing is, I don't want any spacers with the one piece cockpit, they look horrible imo. So the one piece setup on the Large Fezzari with no spacers is the same stack that I'm running right now on the Tarmac with 20mm spacers. I'm borrowing a 120mm stem today to test out and see how it feels. If I don't have any issues with the extra reach, I'm gonna go for the Large (which is also what Fezzari recommends for me based on my measurements).