Technically that size MB was for a 5'10 - 6' man, but I bet you can make it work with the right stem and bar combo. I cityfied my old MB3 for my girlfriend, with albatross bars, and I had to go with an even shorter and higher stem than the one pictured below.
The front end geo of the MB-3 is pretty squirreley compared to say an Atlantis or other riv bikes, but one can get used to anything if you ride enough and don't ride anything else. I personally used this bike for all kinds of mountain biking back in the 90s and some fully loaded touring. -Dave J <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vgIhysnyjTU/VyZH3km4TPI/AAAAAAAAAXk/KKEko1XBmKYveevks3pJWFNVtTpmSpVDgCLcB/s1600/MB3_crop%2Bsm.jpg> On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 6:30:53 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Dammit: It's a *MB-3*. > > And, funny, it fits Catie fine, though she wants a higher stem, which I > have, but the seat tube is actually a bit longer than that of the Race Lite > -- 20.5 versus 19 -- and it has the same 23 cm top tube. > > Hmmm. I'll have to install the RL wheels and see how much it raises the > bb. With the 1.5s, the bb is 10 1/2" high versus the 12 of the RL with 56s. > > More to come (you may be sure of that!) > > Dyslexic Dad, who just road the Riv in ABQ, NM > > [image: Inline image 1] > > On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Again, thanks for all the suggestions and offers. This morning, a bit of >> serendipity: someone was selling a CB3 at Stevie's, obviously upgraded with >> old DX drivetrain and Sun Mistral/Mavic 7 sp freewheel wheelset. complete >> with full fenders and Blackburn rear rack: $220. >> >> I think -- subject to change -- I'll transfer over the wheelset and >> brake/shift levers from the Race Lite and sell the remainders from both >> bikes. >> >> Anyway, pretty good deal. >> >> The other bit of serendipity was finding a lightly used lower end but >> still made in USA Martin, with very good case, for Catie at $429. >> >> Build report and photos forthcoming. Catie, needless to say, is much more >> interested in the guitar than in the bike, but I think she'll like the >> tubeless Maxxis Ikons. >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> ************************************* >> *************************************************** >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and >> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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.
