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Old 09-20-20, 12:24 PM
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The front of the bars around the hoods or in the drops are already behind the front wheel contact area and well behind the front axle, and you probably don't want to ride that bike with an excessively short stem since that would bring it back even further. I'd go with the next size down. I test rode the RM02 in 56 and it felt a bit big for me at 6'0. I ended up buying a Cervelo C3 in 54, but liked the RM02 and it would have been my second choice, also in 54. It's easier to add a little reach, especially to an endurance steering geometry, than it is to try to remove it. But I was also in the market for a bike to spend all day on, which is a little different from something spent an hour or two on - for the latter it almost doesn't matter, at least to me.
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