stems what is the difference

[rockyraccoon]

Can you touch your toes?

sat on a chair??

 

[jackthelad]

I have (relatively) long arms and body, dumpy legs and a large, ahem, gut (I should get a marketing firm involved to look at the way I phrase that!) and found a place to be comfortable.

We're all different and the bikes, as sold, are just a starting point for those who care about such things as precise fit, usually because they use their bikes as intended, racing, relaxing or spending long hours in the saddle.

The good news is that most of the small adjustments (saddle position, crank lengths, stem lengths etc) required are relatively cheap and easily reversible.

Also, as Banjo says, could it just be a matter of getting used to it? The move to drop bars took a few hundred miles for me, and only then did I switch saddles, tweak positions and ponder over flipping the stem, just for that last little bit of comfort.

norm and guys thanks for the help I have a few road bikes and the boardman has been getting used since march,I like a relaxed position and this is why one of my favorite of the bikes is a cross bike.On all the bikes apart from the cross I have changed the saddle,pedals and stem.It just seems on the boardman I cannot get comfortable enough and feel a bit stretched.I guess I prefer the compact frame like the cross and the defy 2.
So you are probably wondering why i bought the boardman comp,well i got it brand new at a silly low price that i thought at the time cannot bypass this bargain,but finding out now a bargain is only a bargain if you can use it.