Using my fancy dancy measuring tape it looks like 90 mm.
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08-02-2007, 08:18 PM #1
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08-02-2007, 08:19 PM #2
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I am 5' 2" on tall days- read 5' 1". The bike is a 17" trek 520.
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08-02-2007, 08:23 PM #3
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What's your top tube length? Go back to that article.
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08-02-2007, 08:32 PM #4
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Alright, I can't figure out how to measure my top tube but the brochure for my year cites it as 21.9"
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08-02-2007, 08:40 PM #5
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For a little girl (I'm only 5'4" on a wishful day so I can say that
), that's a long top tube -- about 55 cm. You're probably going to have to change the stem and the bars to the shortest you can -- and you may still have problems and the handling may get odd. If you climb steep hills, you may really notice it.
I ride top tubes of 52.5 to 53 cm for comparison.
Don't raise the bars. Even with the saddle is fine.Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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08-02-2007, 08:42 PM #6
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you would know about them hills...
Alright does anyone have a stem recommendation?
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08-02-2007, 08:45 PM #7
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What year is your Trek 520? I'm doublechecking the geometry.
http://www.vintage-trek.com/TrekBrochures.htmFrends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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08-02-2007, 08:47 PM #8
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Nitto makes some very nice quills!
I have a Nitto Technomic. I'm a tall long-armed critter with a torn up neck, and *still* have plenty of room on the Technomic to raise the bars up more if I need to. They come in all kinds of reaches. I wanted to go from a 120mm to a 80mm, but my LBS talked me out of it. Glad they did, cuz the 90mm is just perfect for me.
The Technomic cost me $40. There is also the Deluxe, which is a bit different (a lot shinier for one thing) and I think costs about $15 or $20 more.
They also make a lugged quill, for like $150.... very pretty...."If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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08-02-2007, 08:20 PM #9
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I have a 90mm reach quill stem. Got my bars about an inch or 1 1/2 higher than my saddle. mmmmmMMMMMM good! (replaced a 120mm reach, and much shorter-height quill with a spiffy Nitto quill)
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