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Old 02-15-19, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by shahriar
I would like to thank everyone for commenting. Your help is really appreciated.

I can't go to a LBS because I don't have one . I don't live in the UK. In my country (Bangladesh) road biking isn't very famous. A few years back, cycling wasn't famous either. We created a club sorta thing called BDCyclists and we also created a Guinness world record of longest single line bicycle parade (though recently broken). After that cycling got a boost but for some reason people were more interested in mtb/ hardtrail even for commuting. Naturally the shops started selling this type of bikes. Though some of them still import road bikes. Here comes the second reason why I can't go to them, my budget is really low. I'm a student studying in the 10th grade. As I don't earn yet I don't have a big budget. With some savings from my pocket money and my parent's help I managed to gather about 280 pounds (around 30K of my currency). With this small amount of money I found it difficult to get a brand new entry level bike. So I decided to buy one used from ebay. I have some relatives in UK who agreed to buy and bring it to Bangladesh for me.

Well now you have my whole story Any suggestions?
Have you looked at used - especially vintage? While the sizing is a little different for level top tube bikes, quill stems allowed for s lot more adjustment. Ride that for a while, move the handlebars and seat around, and you'll get an idea of the stack you want - with threadless, the handlebar height is not enormously adjustable, so that'll drive your frame size to the greatest extent.
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