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Most people who have spent a lot of time working on progressive fit and the bike designs don't support the idea of a higher stack. Just look at the Ridley Noah Fast 3.0 and the Factor One. It's a half-truth popularized by influencers.

I would say that positions are more stack-sensitive because you really want to minimize the back angle and then drop the arms more or less straight down, or very slightly forward, then have your forearms parallel to the ground in the aero-hoods position. This is to manage triceps fatigue and lower the frontal area.

Fair point, I'll blame my morphology. I considered the Noah Fast but had to rule it out, I would need an xs for stack height but id be at or exceeding minimum insertion for the seatpost so I had to rule it out.

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From my reading around I've found that to be the case, people can't agree. Some fitters will try to get things to be in numerical ranges vs just trying to get the person comfortable on the bike.

I had a fitter who did just that, pretty much turned his back to me to look at his computer and only turned around to make changes to the bike that fit in the angles the computer wanted. I was on a bike where native stack/reach was already 560/390, he added an additional 45mm of spacers and put me on an 80mm stem, and saddle almost fully pushed back on the rails. I said its painful but didn't seem to matter.

I'm 5'9" or 175cm with an inseam of 32" or 81cm. I went to a new fitter and she did't look at numbers or angles a single time until I was in a comfort zone, now I'm on a QuickPro AR:One size small with a slammed 110mm -17 stem, and 25mm offset seatpost. So over 8cm difference in stack height between fits.

I struggle with the modern progressive fit because a higher stack loads my hands and wrists. With anterior pelvic tilt and a good amount of flexibility i need saddle to bar drop to be high to get hamstring and core engagement and unweight my wrists.  It seems the more forward I move the saddle the lower I need the handlebars to be.

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Vendor Discussion & Reviews / Re: Mondince
« on: September 02, 2026, 12:13:20 PM »
I had a similar experience. Ordered/paid for the FM336 March 4, arrived in Texas on April 27. And the chainstay had epoxy filling the void enough to not let hydrualic hose through. Jack messaged me through Whatsapp on April 28 asking if everything was ok with my delivery and I sent him the picture to show the issue. He told me to let him know how much the bike shop was going to charge but it wasn't necessary as I cleared it with piece of 5mm round bar stock rod. 

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Cyclocross Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Mondince FM336
« on: September 01, 2026, 10:07:14 AM »
Here's mine Size Small about 8.5kg with garmin pedals, computer mount and wolftooth ti bottle cages.

Sram Red D1 Shifters
XO1 Rear Derailleur
NX Eagle Cassette 11-50
Pass Quest 48T Chainring
Sram Force E1 Wide 165mm Crankset
Wheels Mfg Bottom Bracket
LightBicycle WG55 Wheels
Schwalbe G One RS 40mm tires

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