ultrazenith
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During this wintery weather I'm amusing myself trying to build a "gravel" bike out of a retro MTB, and I've been contemplating how much of a saddle to handlebar drop I can mamage. In 30 years of riding bikes, this is the first time I've ever even bothered to measure such a thing, having generally just adjusted the bar/stem height to what feels comfortable.
It turns out both my main retro bikes have a drop of 11 cm:
But with drop bars this increases to 19 cm (hoods) and 26 cm (in drops):
... which seems a lot but is probably similar to my 94 Diablo with the awkward long, low stem:
... or my old Haro Extreme:
Anyone else riding retro bikes with a big saddle to bars drop? If so, please show me what you're riding so I don't feel like such a lanky long-armed freak![Laugh :LOL: :LOL:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
It turns out both my main retro bikes have a drop of 11 cm:
But with drop bars this increases to 19 cm (hoods) and 26 cm (in drops):
... which seems a lot but is probably similar to my 94 Diablo with the awkward long, low stem:
![20141228_110727.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vintagesteelrider.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F12%2F20141228_110727.jpg&hash=e6e185f9f4d9f51428b504d05426e5ea)
... or my old Haro Extreme:
![20150705_101224.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vintagesteelrider.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F07%2F20150705_101224.jpg&hash=be4ccb09e59187651ad90b215ccfaf1c)
Anyone else riding retro bikes with a big saddle to bars drop? If so, please show me what you're riding so I don't feel like such a lanky long-armed freak