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Old 07-13-22, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Moisture
I read on a sizing chart somewhere - I believe it was canyon? Can't remember. But they said if you are between sizes, and your arm span is longer than your height, go a size up.

I am 190cm, with an 88cm inseam, and very long arms. I like to ride with a bar drop on all my bikes these days. I tend to opt for longer than stock stems on my XL bikes.

So you are right, that generally speaking long armed people probably have relatively short torsos. But i still have a preference for long top tubes and stems. For reference, my E bike which came stock with a 105mm stem, has been fitted with a 150mm stem last night. I'm using swept back bars on it -

These bars are interesting. The photo below is a setup that I tried but did not feel comfortable with at the time. Who knows what will happen in the future.
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