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good point trev.you will get used to whatever you get
jimmy summervile..he can definately say it...'longer the better' said jimmy, whilst musing over an attempt on annabel chongs world anal attempt.on a more serious note..i dont know too much about the finer details of your sport( new school ), but a quarter of an inch is only important to women...other factors on a bike can be adjusted enough to compensate for that amount of extra length bars, seat rails, crank length, wheel location in rear drop out etc just my ( probably bollocks) 2p
wheel location changes the back end, not the front
We're talking about making your bike feel longer,your feet are on the pedals, you need to get the bars further away to make it feel longer, rear wheel location ain't doing that.
so the TT length is very relevant now.The most fundamental difference I've noticed is the longer the TT the 'flatter' the bike jumps. It always seemed to me that the longer bikes fly nicer, less likely to loop out or nosedive. A very short frame with a bloody great long stem on it wouldn't give this effect. Might just be me though..