Hi Fred, It depends! :) What h-bars are you planning on using? How do you like them set up? Saddle height, up high, up very high? What's your current bike like? You mentioned the custom bike was "too stretched out"... how long in the top tube, stem length? height of saddle to handlebars?
Good luck! shoji On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 4:05:30 PM UTC-4, Fred Craven wrote: > > My first post, yay! > > I am currently considering the purchase of a used bike from another forum > member. His bike has a unique feature in that the top tube is short. 56cm > dt and tt. My body has a unique, and sometimes annoying, feature and that I > have tyrannosaurus Rex arms. – – about 2 inches shorter then all of my > shirts and all steering wheel columns. > > Historically I rode a 56 cm frame. 54 was too small 58 too big. However, > Rivendell sizes frames more generously. This means that a 56 cm frame may > actually be "too small" but then there's the thing with the short top tube > in my short arms. > > The seller and I have about the same PBH mine's 83+ he's 83-, our arms are > the same length: around 32"(sleeve length). But I'm 4" taller--mostly in > the torso. (5'6" vs 5'10). > > So, what do you think? Is this a "sure you will be fine" or "no, it won't > work" situation? > > When I was younger and more "limberer" I was always way too stretched out, > but I could do it (My custom frame builder thought it was a good thing at > the time). That's never going to happen again. > > Of course a shorter stem is in the works as well. I have read all the > literature on the website and I've seen all the measures. If I was ordering > a new bike I might-could go with the 58 cm frame instead. But I'm looking > for input in the context of a used bike that is lovely, less expensive, > needs to be ridden and may fit my silly arms. -- 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.
