Great article, and a very cool looking bike. To the armchair bike engineer in me, it looks like a 68 degree seat tube angle, although the forward-offset seatpost steepens that up a few degrees in practice. The headtube angle looks about 72-73 degrees and the fork has a ton of rake. Definitely low-trail. I wonder what the wheel and tire size are. Not even close to a fistfull of seat post showing. Overall the proportions and aesthetics are perfect. That's something I try to achieve with my bikes. No ungainly, super-tall stem quills, monster seat posts, etc. I don't always achieve that, fit and performance take precedence, but it's a goal.
Chris On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 3:31:42 PM UTC-4, Tom M wrote: > > This article ( > https://lithub.com/the-amateur-cyclist-who-biked-around-the-world/) talks > about Fred Birchmore, who biked around the world on a single-speed bike. > Remarkable man. The bike pictured in the article appears to my eye to have > similar clearances to current Riv models, though a level top tube. > Handlebars above the seat, sprung saddle, rack and fenders, bottle dynamo > light. > Tom Milani > Alexandria, VA > -- 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/3d51b7ab-7917-4d03-a723-a6b2c9910b5f%40googlegroups.com.
