That is exactly how I feel now. I went mountain biking with my son on Saturday on nice flat trails on the Santa Cruz coast (Wider Ranch Ohlone trail). Took the Titus dual suspension just to "feel" it again after having ridden the Bombadil.
Felt so constrained, so low on the bars and am pretty much ready to remove the clipless pedals after thinking for so long that it was "bad" to ride platform pedals. I almost fell because my foot had already "forgotten" to unclip. My feet now want the freedom to reposition on the pedal for best comfort! Will switch to a higher rise stem (running a 110mm/0deg stem now) and platform pedals and see what happens... At least I had left plenty of steerer exposed so I've already raised the stem to the max... My future with this bike is now uncertain... René On 1/12/10, Jon Grant <jgr...@papagrant.com> wrote: > Ron Farnsworth wrote: > > I also was very reluctant to buy a frame 4cm bigger than anything else I had > been riding for the previous 20 years. Went from a 57 cm Merlin to a 61cm > Homer and will never look back. I'm now realizing how much a difference > comfort and versatility mean to my cycling future. It was a leap, and > admittedly a different style of riding, but one that I'm glad I made. My > original concern about standover height has long since faded. I don't buy > into everything Riv, but I'd recommend everyone take a closer look at what > they represent. > > ------- > > My experience is nearly identical. Convinced I needed a certain minimum > stand-over clearance, I refused to ride any frame larger than 56 cm. I > gradually came to understand that I might be more comfortable on a larger > frame. Still, when I ordered a Rivendell custom (and insisted on a > level-as-possible top tube, purely for aesthetic reasons), Grant called me > and said, ³Now don¹t freak out, but your seat tube is going to be 60.5 > centimeters long.² I calmed down a little when he reminded me that part of > the increase is at the bottom of the tube so doesn¹t affect stand-over. I > fretted about that until the first ride. In less than five minutes the bike > felt like it was made for just me. When I have occasion to ride my 56-cm > Trek 760, it¹s light and quick, but I feel, well, pinched. Like I¹m wearing > really nice shoes that are a whole size too small. > > -- > Jon ³Papa² Grant > Illustration + Information Graphics > Austin, Texas > jgr...@papagrant.com > 512-284-9599 > > Drawings ‹ all sorts > > -- Sent from my mobile device
-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
