Hi guys!
I have been wanting to go for a Chinese road bike build for a while, it'd be my first one but hoping to have it be my main road bike once built. I was ready to pull the trigger on the LightCarbon LCR017-D after having read a lot of positive reviews, but have ended up hesitating due to questions I've had come up on its geometry.
I am a fairly small rider at 160cm/5'3 (female). I currently ride a Liv Langma in XS, with a stack of 508 and reach of 371. I'm running it with spacers but can definitely lower it further (and have been wanting to for a more aggressive position, just haven't been bothered to do it 😅). Don't know if it matters but I have fairly long arms...
I have looked at bikes like the SuperSix EVO (stack 505, reach 370 in size 44) and the SL8 (stack 514, reach 375 in size 49) and like their geometry/fit, so was going to go for the LCR017-D in size 46 which has a stack of 502.6 and reach of 371. I started second guessing whether its geometry is appropriate though when I read on here that it requires some mandatory spacers that essentially increase stack by about 1.5cm and decrease reach by about 1cm. Am I overthinking it or would that result in a much more relaxed geometry than the Supersix or SL8 for example?
If so, any other frames I could look at? As light as possible, ideally, as at my 50kg frame weight savings do matter... I do really like the Winspace SLC 5.0 but for 2800 USD it feels on the expensive side...
Thanks!
I have been wanting to go for a Chinese road bike build for a while, it'd be my first one but hoping to have it be my main road bike once built. I was ready to pull the trigger on the LightCarbon LCR017-D after having read a lot of positive reviews, but have ended up hesitating due to questions I've had come up on its geometry.
I am a fairly small rider at 160cm/5'3 (female). I currently ride a Liv Langma in XS, with a stack of 508 and reach of 371. I'm running it with spacers but can definitely lower it further (and have been wanting to for a more aggressive position, just haven't been bothered to do it 😅). Don't know if it matters but I have fairly long arms...
I have looked at bikes like the SuperSix EVO (stack 505, reach 370 in size 44) and the SL8 (stack 514, reach 375 in size 49) and like their geometry/fit, so was going to go for the LCR017-D in size 46 which has a stack of 502.6 and reach of 371. I started second guessing whether its geometry is appropriate though when I read on here that it requires some mandatory spacers that essentially increase stack by about 1.5cm and decrease reach by about 1cm. Am I overthinking it or would that result in a much more relaxed geometry than the Supersix or SL8 for example?
If so, any other frames I could look at? As light as possible, ideally, as at my 50kg frame weight savings do matter... I do really like the Winspace SLC 5.0 but for 2800 USD it feels on the expensive side...
Thanks!