Hi Bunch! I can report on a recent first ride. I am 53yrs old, 183#, 5'11" tall, 89 pbh, so a bit short of average in torso for my pbh. I bought a brown Appaloosa prototype in size 57.5, which was designed for 89-ish pbh according to the listing. I set my Brooks B68 at 77cm/30.5". The bike has a bullmoose Bosco bar, equivalent to 12cm stem length, which I set at minimum insertion height.
It is a beautiful bike, and the proportions please my eye. It looks exactly right. 30 minutes and 6 miles later, shoulder pain told me I was reaching too far to the bars, though. I didn't realize that the long bike would fit long, too. Since I noticed that Keven runs a dirt drop stem on his long bike, I called him about it. He told me this bike's top tube is 4cm longer than that of my 60cm Sam. To get back those 4cm, I ordered an 8cm stem. I intend to sell the bullmoose Bosco bar with the Sam and move Sam's 55cm Bosco bar to the Appaloosa. I think fit will be "just right" for me. I wonder now if the Cheviot and the prototype Clems are long in this manner. Another way - how does your stem length compare between these long bikes and your other Rivs? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
