Hi. I am 5'8" with a pbh of 77.8 so I am right there with you on that. I have a 51 and I feel it is a good fit for me. Although there isn't a lot of clearance I only ride it on the paved road and I've had no problems with the higher top tube. And I'm quite sure I now own the bike that was being referred to. I bought it off Craig's List but it was a new-old-stock frame built up by Bicycle Odyssey in Sausalito. (Nice guys there by the way). I had an albatross handlebar put on instead of the drops. I really like the ride of the San Marcos and would highly recommend the bike. It does "ride big" or perhaps I should say I feel like I am on a large bike when I ride it but not in a negative way at all.
To address your other point about availability, I also heard on the internet that they would stop producing the San Marcos so I set out to find a bike/frame before they all sold out. There were newer frames with the Tiburon blue color but I preferred the Pearl blue of the previous edition. As mentioned, I lucked out at finding the CL bike and at a reasonable price from the shop. Good luck and let us know what you decide. Chris On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 3:43:06 PM UTC-4, Rob H. wrote: > I've got a "700c" 54 SM (first generation) and like it a lot. It's a > little bit odd because I bought it used off CL from some guy and it > actually has the shorter fork (650b for the 51cm SM) on it. So my solution, > ultimately, after getting tired of only being able to run super narrow > tires on it so it would rub up against the underside of the fork and front > brakes, was to put a 650b wheel up front. Now i've got 35mm wide tires on > it and looks like room for fenders still. > > Also don't know if you're in the SF Bay Area but there was someone trying > to sell a built up 51cm SM on CL. I think they were in the South Bay > possibly a bike shop. At any rate, the listing expired (not deleted) so it > might pop up again and if you've got the cajones you could go give it a > test ride / kick the tires so to speak. > > > On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 7:00:22 AM UTC-7, PineTarSoap wrote: >> >> I would like to get my first Riv bike. I mainly plan to commute with this >> bike (17 mi roundtrip, hills) and do the occasional road ride. I have a >> neck pain issue and I am hoping a more upright position and fatter tires >> will help. I have a nice carbon road bike for fast rides, but I would like >> to mix in a bike with a different position to take stress off my neck. I >> don't plan right now on doing any off-road riding or touring. >> >> I have tested ridden the Hunq, Cheviot, and Sam. They were all fun, but I >> thought the Sam probably seemed the most appropriate. But I didn't get a >> chance to ride a Soma SM. The Riv description is that is like a more well >> rounded Rodeo, which seems to fit what I would use it for. I suppose a >> Rodeo would as well but at more cost. >> >> Questions: >> 1) Does the Soma sound like the right choice for me? >> 2) Do they still sell this frame? If you google search it, the Riv page >> is the first listed, but you can't find it on their frames page. >> 3) My PBH is 78 (just) and so I guess I am in the 51 cm range, however >> the 51 cm Sam didn't leave much crotch room. Would a 47 cm work? Seems odd >> to me that the size down from 51 is a big jump to 47. >> > -- 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.
