In the last half a year, I've gotten a lot more serious about riding, been through a lot of bikes, and just finally seem to be getting down to a fit I am liking, and once again thinking about stem lengths and top tubes and etc.
In my current garage I have: Soma San Marcos, 51cm Rivendell Sam Hillborne, 55cm All-City Macho King, 52cm Cheviot (yet-to-be-finished-and-ridden), 50cm The Cheviot may be shared between myself and my partner. She's 5'2. I am 5'7. At worst I will have more seatpost showing/bars a bit higher. The Rivendell has an effective top tube (ett) of 570mm. I have a very long stem on it with Albatross bars - I had a Hillborne before, with drop bars, and it felt too big with drops for me, but with the upright bars, all is fine. Fistful of seatpost showing. My San Marcos feels real good too, not many miles yet, but fits like what I've been riding... ett of 550mm, bars at saddle height, stem seems to be a 90mm or something like that, 44cm drop bars.. perhaps Philip knows what length he sold it with.. My All City is my 'go-fast' bike, 853 steel frame with a carbon fork, bars are lower than seat, and that's how I want this bike set. The 52cm frame size actually measures ett 550, a bit more aggressive than the other bike but not much. 90mm stem with 10* rise. PBH: 83.x. SH: ~ 71.4 Riv sizing talks about me riding 55-57cm depending on the frame, but I always worry that the top tube is too long. Anywho, I was under the impression that for a 'fast' bike you want a slightly longer stem, for more weight in the front..but also with bars at seat height I suppose I can ride a bigger frame with a shorter stem - how short is too short, with drop bars - anything can work with some pullback. Any others my size/pbh/sh that can comment? -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
