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Interested in stopping by a Friday CC in Arlington, but am a bit confused – I’ve seen some threads for Northside Social and others for Java Shack.

What time are most people at these? I was hoping someone could suggest some fit adjustments for my new hybrid.

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Is there a separate thread for each of these meetups?

I’m interested in stopping by the Friday coffee club tomorrow in Arlington, but don’t want to wake up early if noone will be there!

Mostly looking for some people to offer fit advice on my new hybrid that I’m having issues with.

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Hi all,

New to this forum, and looking for some help with a bike fit.

I’m near rosslyn/courthouse – are there any other meetup threads going on? It sounds like there is a friday coffee club close to me, but it’s early morning when I’m commuting to work.

Any other threads for weekend/evening meetups?

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@Dickie 87537 wrote:

I nearly said “buy some brown flip flops and head to Starbucks”… then re-read your post and realized you didn’t say fitting IN Arlington . I’ll be at the Courthouse Coffee Club this Friday (@javashack, 7:30 – 8:30 am). If you can make it, drop by. I have a spare stem that is shorter with a 17º raise you are welcome to try. BTW, welcome to the forum.

Thanks – too late this week but maybe we could catch up another time. Are there regular arlington meetups outside of early friday mornings? (might be a bit tough due to work schedule)

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@hozn 87507 wrote:

So there are other folks on here that have hybrids that will be more helpful. A few general comments.

If you have a picture of your bike as currently setup that would provide useful context for suggestions such as “try flipping your stem” or “try a shorter stem”, etc. Bonus points for details such as the dimensions of your stem, seatpost (how many mm setback), etc. Bonus bonus points for photo of you on said bike.

In general, if you feel you are leaning too heavily on your hands, I would *think* increasing the effective reach (as in moving your seat back) would be the opposite of what you’d want, but there are likely some nuances here. Personally, I would get your saddle set so that the tip is X cm behind your BB such that your knee is right over the spindle. Don’t deviate from that fore/aft position to adjust for reach issues.

I would think that raising your bars and/or bringing them in closer to you is likely going to shift your center of gravity back to predominantly your saddle.

Finally, I know very little about how hybrid sizing is supposed to work (despite owning one as my first adult bike many years go), but if you told me you were 5’9″ and had a 19″ mountain bike, I would say that sounds like it could be too large. (I would expect someone 5’9″ to fall into the “medium” size — though that is obviously a very rough estimation as what really matters are things like torso length.) I suspect, though, that folks tend to ride larger hybrids than mountain bikes.

Here’s the bike:

http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10052_10551_1126677_-1_400316__400316

My other option was a 17″, which felt kind of small on me. I was really torn on which size I should go with, but most people ended up telling me to stick with the bigger of the 2 bikes.

My gut feel is that the reach is just on the aggressive side, so if I want to be more upright I need a taller/shorter stem, but this is my first nice bike so I’m not sure.

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@sethpo 80341 wrote:

I’m asking $450 there but will offer a BA Forum discount

Hi,

I was actually just looking at this bike on craigslist, but was a little confused on the price.

I’ve recently seen FX 7.3’s go for $325-$350, and even a cannondale quick 4 go for the same.

BicycleBlueBook says the bike is worth $257 (good) – $285 (excellent), so I’m not really sure where you are coming up with that $450 number. http://www.bicyclebluebook.com/SearchListingDetail.aspx?id=1000449&make=750&model=58259

I’d be willing to offer $250, but I suspect that’s not enough of what you’re looking for.

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