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In truth I don't know. My position is a function of what gives me reasonable power, weight over the front wheel, the ability to move around and has a modicum of attack/aero. It's quite long but not very low because my neck has to last 12hrs. I think I run the bars 3" lower than saddle.

Bear with me I'm adjusting down from 120mm :) and up from 600mm. 80mm and 700mm feels very modern! Curtis is indeed 69.5 but not having the bent seat tube needs a 90mm stem to get the length I want.

You have to look at the specific geo to make an informed decision or face an expensive mistake. The 2 most important measures are effective top tube and reach.

Not knowing knowing if you are a gibbon or leggy doesn't help but the effective top tube on the 21.5 is mahoosive and very unlikely to fit you with a normal 70mm - 80mm stem. I ride a 627mm ETT with an 80mm stem at 6' (and that's probably a bit longer than normal) so you are unlikely to want to go above the 19.5" which has an ETT of 639 and will probably allow you to run a normal stem and bars.

Reach looks long too at 443 for the the 19.5" so the 21.5 must be designed for giants

ps looks a nice bike

Just stop riding your bike

What's that got to do with Stages battery drain!?

Will be interesting to see what p2m say, less than half predicted life is pretty poor

As a Stages owner I dream of approaching less than half predicted life...........

Sapim D Light are a really nice compromise of weight and strength and not that expensive. Got them with Crests and they cope with my 75kg fine.

You mean it did? Double negative nerdery.

Need longer sessions at lower intensity to increase training load.

Yup I've had to restart Z2/3 miles because of detraining in my speed phase. Tour of Sufferlandria gave less TSS than my 15hrs Z2 and 3hours intervals.

FTP has aerobic and anaerobic elements. The more aerobic you have the higher the base your anaerobic starts from. Generally you push FTP up aerobically in the winter then pull it up anaerobically later in the year with the benefit that your aerobic takes longer to degrade and your anaerobic quicker to develop

Sweet spot does both but possibly isn't quite as deep an aerobic foundation as heaps of Z2 in the winter nor as efficient at anaerobic improvement as harder Z4/Z5 intervals. #traininghearsay

the huge impact of racing a 12

What sort of TSS/average HR/other measure of effort/intensity would a 12hr TT represent? Reason I ask is to get an idea of this compared to 12hr MTB race.

I somehow doubt that Beastway is a rock-fest :-)

Don't forget that Howard will be carrying the mother of all hydration/spares packs

I sold my MK2 Cotic Soul (853, 1 and eighth head tube, 27.2mm seat tube) for £250 on fleabay in immaculate condition. They ride really well and look more classic than the Mk3 with tapered HT and 31.6 seat tube. I was pleased with that price to give you an idea of value.

I've done the east half (Amberly to Eastbourne) and back which I'm told is harder than the other end.
It's not so much that the hills are steep (which they are) or long (which they are) but that they just keep on coming. My 29er FS is currently set up with a 1x10 30T front 11-36 rear which I think is verging on marginal for me for SDW as I was very glad of 24t granny and 36 in some places.

Agreed - sort of. My Z1 will generally be cornering and/or descending which bring their own stresses!

Interesting - SFs group ride is quite similar to my 6hr MTB race/hard training profile which makes me think gr0up riding would be good training for me.

ESIs are great but their consistency can be changeable. I have one pair that is a lot softer than the others have been.

I saw someone racing XC with a dropper at the weekend at Windmill Hill - it wasn't 'necessary' but he was faster than me! Personaly I don't want one because I fear needing it ever after plus I only ride XC stuff.

Nice - the HT looks in proportion now it's built.

Stages have just updated firmware - let's see if it fixes my battery drain issues which have been persistent right from the start. If it doesn't and I get just one sodding problem with the replacement then SRM here I come.

P2M does left down stroke and right upstroke for left side balance and vice versa for right side so even with 'balance' there is an element of other leg involved.

The digital scales of truth have replaced the shonky mechanical scales of manipulation .

183cm tall, 80cm waist and 75kg. I'd like to get to 72kg but there doesn't appear to be much blubber to play with. Any idea how much has to come off waist to lose 3kg to see if it's realistic.

Is it built?

Sounds a nightmare.

I'd say you have to check just in case - XT doesn't swap with XTR, the XTR crank spindle isn't long enough for the fatter XT crank arm.

As a basic training tool a Powermeter helps improve the benefits of training by improving the quality of intervals/efforts.

You still have to design the programme. There is so much conflicting advice I'd say a decent coach and HRM for the first year would be better than a power meter and DIY.

The grass is always greener..... in base miles I want to do intervals, in intervals I want to die and frequently question why I bother with all of this.

1 minute 120%ftp/1 minute 80% ftp. For 40 minutes

As in repeat the above 20X?

Agreed - although if you're going to be training hard off road there is a cumulative effect to the lesser beating up that can get quite fatiguing.