On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 07:23 -0800, MKahrl wrote: > If you do much urban or rough stuff riding sooner or later you will > come to a curb or log you want to lift the front wheel over and if the > top tube is up in your crotch than you're not going to be able to lift > that front wheel with your feet on the ground. I have a slightly too > tall Falcon and this comes up more often than I would have thought. > I'm also slightly over 6' 1.5" and I went with a 61 AHH which have me > latitude to move the saddle and stem heights around to suit me.
Never mind lifting the front wheel over a curb, how about standing over the frame both feet on the ground while you remove a jacket or switch from your heavy gloves to your lighter ones? There are those who will say you never ever have to stand over a frame with both feet on the ground; I think that's bogus. I shed a layer on almost every cold weather ride, usually between the 5th and 10th mile. One reason I love handlebar bags so much is that I can remove that layer and put it in the bag without having to dismount and lay the bike on the ground to do so. -- 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.
