Originally Posted by
kross57
Sorry I missed this. Yes, my dislike for the bike had nothing to do with fit. All I can say is it was not a pleasure to ride, as my vintage road bikes are. I never got down to analyzing why.
Ah ok. Then it seems to me that you just need a vintage or retro bike with a sloping top tube. That’s one of the biggest innovations in bike fit that road bikes have seen. It’s why the Giant TCR is such a big deal.