Originally Posted by
sumgy
What are the benefits of this fit?
It just looks cramped to me.
This one is 30 years old, has a fist full of seatpost, and not a lot of saddle to bar drop, but looks more stretched out.
Looks more stretched out, but it's a smaller frame. Less seatpost = longer seat tube = longer top tube = longer head tube = shorter stem. Many long distance riders prefer bars level with saddle and a larger frame is a good way to do that. That said, there are differences in seat tube/top tube proportions with various bikes. Today, many racers use smaller than normal frames with less reach and look quite cramped, lots of drop though.