> Much more important is reach and standover height, since those can’t easily be changed. I try, buy and build quite a lot of bikes (6 this year). Reach has ne

> Much more important is reach and standover height, since those can’t easily be changed. I try, buy and build quite a lot of bikes (6 this year). Reach has never been very helpful for me. Seat tube angles differ quite a lot and the position of the bottom bracket on the x axis does not affect me that much. Effective top tube and stack is what I look for. Being a long legged person, standover has never been an issue. I can straddle most any bike. Stack is important because that gives me a hint if I can get the saddle and handlebars on the same height without crazy stem solutions. I ride bikes from the horizontal top tube era that favor the "fistful of seatpost" rule, so C-T seat tube length is also very important to me (for purely aesthetic reasons.)