Thanks Tom. Helpful insight. And I always like taking a look at your builds.
Sky in new west On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 11:12:31 AM UTC-8, Pudge wrote: > > Sky: > > > > I think it's very likely you could make one 52cm Clem "L" (or Clementine – > I like the old name) work for both of you. > > > > I have a 59cm Clementine (I like the old name), which fits my 87cm PBH > perfectly – sounds like you and I are very similarly sized. I generally > ride saddle heights about 78cm. I've built up three different 52cm > Clementines (one for my youngest son's g/f, two for charity auctions), and > I was able to ride all three of those bikes quite comfortably, though there > was a lot of seat post showing. If I recall rightly, listmember Tony > DeFilippo (who I think might be a little taller than I am) built up a 52cm > Clementine for his wife, and was also able to ride it comfortably – Tony > can confirm. As for whether the reach would be too far for your wife, I'd > check with Riv, but I don't think there's anything in the geometry of the > Clementine that would make the reach incompatible with Riv's PBH range at > the low end of that range. FWIW, if she had any reach issues, you could > use a short stem with Bosco bars to solve the issue. I would note that all > three of the Clementines that I've built had Boscos, and that cockpit > didn't prevent me from riding those bikes comfortably – the reach was OK > for me. > > > > I don't know if pics will help you think about the issue, but here are > albums of the three 52cm Clementines I've built. > > > > https://flic.kr/s/aHskE6n5w6 > > > > https://flic.kr/s/aHskBMHxNf > > > > https://flic.kr/s/aHskuxGW4P > > > > Tom Allingham > > Wilmington, DE > > > > > > *From:* rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Sky Coulter > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 16, 2016 11:21 AM > *To:* RBW Owners Bunch > *Subject:* [RBW] clem smith L and ibert babyseat > > > > Hi all, > > > > I bought an ibert seat for baby bike rides over short distances. I mounted > it on my romulus and found I didn't have enough space left over on the top > tube to dismount safely. I think I might have enough room on my bombadil, > but the standover leaves nothing to the imagination and I worry about being > unstable on the bike while getting the baby on and off. So last night I > was thinking about possibly buying a clem smith L model as a baby transport > bike. > > > > Ideally, I'd really like it if the one bike could work for both my wife > and I for going for rides with the baby. My saddle height is 78cm; my > wife's is 66cm. So by the clem smith brochure, the 52cm clem smith L > should be able to accommodate both those saddle heights. Although I do > worry about the reach to the bars - whether it'll be too far for my wife, > whether it'll be too short for me. So I'm hoping the group wisdom can > offer some advice. > > > > Has anyone tried an ibert front child seat on a clem smith L bike? Good > times? > > And has anyone with a 66cm or 78cm saddle height tried riding the 52cm > clem smith L? how was the fit? I'd really like it if I can just adjust > saddle height between riders and have it fit both of us. And if it'll be a > poor fit, better a poor fit for me than my wife. > > > > Thanks for your conveyed opinions, thoughts, and experiences. > > > > Sky in new west > > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-own...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > ------------------------------ > > > The sender of this email is a retired partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, > Meagher & Flom LLP ("Skadden") and is not performing legal service on > behalf of Skadden. Use by a retired partner of the skadden.com or > probonolaw.com domain names is in his/her personal capacity and not on > behalf of Skadden or its affiliates. > -- 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.
