Hi Mark! I’m so excited for you to get a Clem. Is there a 52 available for you somewhere? Clems really are great bikes; dead useful and so comfortable. And with the cream accents and gorgeous color and fancy seat lug, they’re fancy in their own right.
I suspect you COULD ride that 52. Joe Bernard might speak to the measurements (because he’s been helping me figure out what the heck is going on via Instagram) for us. This bike is just much larger than the Clementine, which would be just the ticket for you. I probably could have ridden the 45 in the new iteration. The stem was a 12 and now I’ll be installing a 5 or 6. The 9 just wasn’t close enough for my liking. This is good news for you!!! Let’s find you a 52! PS these bikes are hot stuff, so if you take your chance on a 52 and decide you’d have preferred a 59, you’ll have no trouble selling. Sent from my iPad > On Nov 20, 2019, at 4:24 PM, Mark C <wvfidd...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Hi Leah, > > This is my first post, but I've been following your Clem adventures and the > other Clem talk here. I'm glad you got the fit issue worked out. > > I've wanted a Clem for a while now and almost bought the web special 59, but > really like this new geometry, so decided to wait (plus wanting something > more colorful than the Grilver - pretty as it is). Seeing your bike, I wonder > if a 52 in the new geometry might be fine for me with a 30" saddle height > (pbh about 88). I was concerned about the amount of stem extension I'd need, > but it looks like I'd be fine and also have a more useful loaner size. > > I don't think that the seat tube angle changed, so you probably want to make > your adjustments with the stem if possible. As you know, changing the saddle > will change your position over the pedals, which I suppose could be better, > or worse. For my part, I always have a Brooks jammed back as far as it can > go, but everybody is different. The Clem might finally give me enough room to > scoot back as far as I want. > > Keep posting your Clem enthusiasm; it's contagious. > > Mark > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/x8e3syetp6I/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/880a0aaf-18e7-45e0-b7f9-8ea68889c4e2%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8D752BFE-F0EB-480F-AAC3-CB4CBB3798BB%40gmail.com.
