New Stem?

[SouthernBelle]

Thanks Darcy. Hadn't really thought about the bars being too wide for me, But I will look at that too. Of course pink would clash with my orange trimmed bike.

[xeney]

I just remembered that my husband -- who is a little over 5'8, maybe 5'9 -- had to swap out the stem on his Giant to a 9 cm because he was getting backaches. You guys have the exact same bike, I think -- a medium 2005 OCR C3. It's just on the verge of being too big for him so I'm not at all surprised that you feel like you need to swap out the stem.

His other bikes are 54 cm and 56 cm and they fit him fine; he had a lot of problems with the geometry of that Giant.

[wannaduacentury]

I just remembered that my husband -- who is a little over 5'8, maybe 5'9 -- had to swap out the stem on his Giant to a 9 cm because he was getting backaches. You guys have the exact same bike, I think -- a medium 2005 OCR C3. It's just on the verge of being too big for him so I'm not at all surprised that you feel like you need to swap out the stem.

His other bikes are 54 cm and 56 cm and they fit him fine; he had a lot of problems with the geometry of that Giant.

I have the Medum OCR 2 and I'm 5'8 and leggy, long arms avg torso for a gal. I have that adjustable stem on mine and I'll eventually swap it out for a shorter one. I want to ride a little more to fine tune my fit. I'm a little stretched, but I enjoy the ride so it doesn't really bother me right now. I like the geometry-it was a big selling point for me anyways. Jennifer

[SouthernBelle]

I think the geometry on that bike works well for women overall, might even be hard on a guy's proportions.

A friend on another board asked me if I had tried flipping the stem. (Another duh). So I'm going to drag it into the living room, garage has gotten strangely cold, tonight and give that a shot. May just make me too upright.

I got a coupon from Nashbar too, so If I'm going to do this I don't want to wait too long.

OK, I'm occasionally thrifty.

[SouthernBelle]

I ordered a stem and will report back on the results.

[limewave]

Darcy,
I love the additional brakes! What a great idea. When I was pg I always rode in that more upright position. I was always really nervous about having to make sudden stops because I had to move my hands to brake. Next time I get pg, I'll have to see if they can make that addition to my bike as well.

[SouthernBelle]

Just wanted to say my new stem came in last night (mail ran at 5:30!). I got it on but haven't been able to try it out yet. It looks so short and fat.