Reach..new stem?

[KnottedYet]

I didn't go deliberately trying to block my hubs, I played "air handlebar" on my bike where I thought I wanted the bars (where my hands wished the bar really was).

My LBS dudes looked at where my hands wanted the bar, and got me stem that would put it there.

Only just checked, and yup, the bar blocks the view of the hub.

Pretty funny! The old adage might actually work for my bod.

[indigoiis]

I have the opposite problem: mine is too short! I can see the hub. It kind of bugs me. I ride fairly comfortable with it this way, but would like to eventually try a bit longer stem.

I'll trade ya.

[onimity]

I just checked about the hub thing as I wrote the post too...I wouldn't have changed a thing if I'd seen otherwise b/c I feel *really* comfortable on the bike.

Lisa, that stinks about your LBS guy! I would have probably smacked him with his "book"! Mine was fantastic with the fit & made sure I realized that there were a few ways to determine a fit & that numbers were meaningless if they suggested a position that wasn't comfortable. At my initial fitting the first thing he asked was my impressions of the fit. As we went through he'd say things like, you could move your seat forward as much as 2 inches, but if it feels comfortable now stick with it. Likewise about the shorter stem.

At that point I was still adjusting to the road bike position but was reasonably comfortable, so I didn't make the changes, only a few to my cleat position. Once I was better able to fine-tune I had him make a few adjustments. I really liked that I had time to think about possible adjustments and that the LBS guy didn't measure much at all but instead looked at the angle of my arms, the position of my knee relative to the pedals, etc.