Originally Posted by
Korina
It feels like the top tube is too short; I can't stretch my back out quite as much as I'd like. Also, when I stand, I'm right up against the stem. My stem is stock; the
specs just say 'Giant Sport' with no indication of the length, but it's pretty long. I thought standover was about emergency stops? A top tube touching bone could do considerable damage.
I'm saying, "try a much longer stem." The stem on the bike to which you link looks short to me. I'm a roadie though and don't know what's normal for MTB bikes. On a road bike, 120mm would not be excessive. It's a cheap thing to try anyway.
I've never made an emergency stop which required me to put both feet on the ground. I for sure don't have the reflexes to unclip both feet while bringing the rear wheel off the ground with the front brake. In that case one would drop the butt off the back of the saddle anyway. The one thing you couldn't do would be to drag both feet on the ground in event of a complete brake failure.