If Gary Fisher's bikes are an indicator of something (?), many years ago Gary Fisher designed his mountain bikes with what I believe was called "Genesis" geometery. Those bikes had longer top tubes and shorter stems, and the reviews were generally pretty good.
On Apr 6, 7:44 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:38 PM, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > I have a 56cm bombadil and I agree with Dave; it seems to be designed > > for a dirt-drop stem if you're using drop bars. > > I will add that with a 10 cm DD stem and 46 cm Noodles, my former Diamond > Back Axis Team off road fixed gear was one of the nicest handling mountain > bikes I've owned. I am sure it was due in part to the huge, 60 mm BAs but > the short, high stem in no way hurt it. -- 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.