On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 12:59 -0700, avillage wrote: > I have an 84cm PBH and ride a 650B Bleriot frame. I had some worries > too about the right frame size...there were a couple of 55cm's on good > sale, ebay and here/there. Ultimately, I relied on Riv sizing and > bought the 57. That was absolutely right on. One unknown that I didn't > think about at purchase was the head tube length (height?). I wanted > my handlebars at an absolutely comfortable height. I kept raising the > stem until I hit my sweet spot, probably 4 to 5 cm higher then the > saddle. The longer head tube made this possible...I could get the stem > high enough without needed some kind of extension or other special > nick-nack to make it work. So, not only the standover height and > general fit were important for me, the head tube proved equally as > important. I used to have neck pain; its gone this year.
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