Howdy folks. I am not sure I would buy either, I am more of a roll-it-yourself bike guy and generally like "sporty" bikes, but I am intrigued by these (especially the Joe A). I was reading up on them, and it isn't obvious to me why I would pick one over the other, assuming cost isn't an issue.
I gather the Clem is more heavy duty, and clearly sizing is or can involve compromise. IIRC, my PBH is 79cm, measured by GP himself back in '98 when I dropped by RBW world headquarters to order a Road Standard. Using that number, it appears RBW would recommend the 52cm Clem and the 51cm Joe A. My typical saddle height is 72cm, maybe a bit lower on a flat pedal bike like these. What I see then is that the Clem will have such a long TT that only bars that come back a lot will be viable and the standover is as high or higher than anything else I have ridden. A 45cm Clem puts the TT in the range of normal and standover would be great, but it is much smaller than any other bikes I have/have had. I think RBW would put me on a 51cm Joe A, which has a relatively short TT, shorter than the 45cm Clem. This would be drop bar compatible with a reasonable length stem, not that I need another drop bar bike. I can't seem to find it now, but something I saw led me to believe a 55cm Joe A would really be a bit too big for me, but maybe no moreso than a 52cm Clem. Also, I would probably be "slamming" the bar/stem on either of these, don't see the need for bars any/much higher than saddle height, and bigger frame means higher lowest bar height. Any thoughts or words of wisdom? I assume a Joe A is lighter than a Clem, any idea how much in a similar size? Thanks, Doug -- 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.
