Yeah. That 60 is a tank. John at Rivelo and myself were taking turns to get it up or down the short staircases at the shops landing. Thank you all for the insight. Exactly what I was looking for. What a great community that makes up RBW.
Thanks again to everyone for your thoughts and opinions on this. On Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 4:46:04 AM UTC-8, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > Sounds like you have no doubt left, but just in case: I think you made the > right decision going with the 55. I have several mixtes/step-throughs, > including a Clementine (not technically a mixte of course). > > At 5'9 and change (help, I am shrinking! I need to go into orbit for a > few months!) I am about an inch and a half taller than your wife, and I > chose the 52 650B Clementine. My 700C Le Tour mixte has a 55cm seat tube > and a nice size head tube and is equipped with Albatross bars. Both of > these bikes fit me very well. No doubt I could ride the bigger bikes. But > keep in mind several factors--the 60 Chev is a 700C, and with the 50mm max > tires and the super long chainstays, that is one very big bike to handle, > both riding and not riding--parking, taking stairs, etc. In terms of sheer > size, it's like a MonsterCross that has been stretched out. Prior to > ordering my Clementine, when speaking with Keven about the Chev, he > mentioned that the 60's wheelbase was only a few inches shy of the shop's > Big Dummy. > > On Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 1:39:18 AM UTC-5, Zach Kahl wrote: >> >> True. I thought that the 60 looked quite a lot larger than the 55 (more >> than 5cm to the naked eye ;)). I don't know anyone in Portland who rides a >> step through and I have never owned one myself so wasn't sure how the >> fitting would work out. She was hands down more confident on the 55 without >> a doubt. So that is the direction we are going to go. i plan on calling G&G >> in the morning, hoping that they might work out for the golden ticket which >> is a 55cm Orange. It sounds like the 2016 frames will all be done in the >> Olive Green color only. >> >> On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 6:08:40 PM UTC-8, Philip Kim wrote: >>> >>> Before i sold my chev to size down, I was in between sizes 50 and 55, I >>> sized down and glad I did. >>> >>> I would wait. Also, I know Gravel and Grind had a Chev hanging at the >>> shop, looked like a 55cm orange, but couldn't get a close look. >>> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
