On Sunday, June 28, 2020 at 12:13:55 PM UTC-4, James Valiensi wrote: > > Hi, > Standover clearance is really over rated. I find that I never stand over > my bike with both feet on the ground and the bike frame perpendicular to > the ground. At stops, my right foot is on the peddle and the bike is > leaning to towards the left. So this adds clearance. I start off by leaning > the bike towards my left side and swinging my right leg over, and clipping > in the right pedal. When a start to move, I stand on the right pedal and > lift myself on to the saddle. So, never is top tube clearance an issue. > I’ve ridden bikes that had top tubes much higher than my crotch and it was > not a problem. >
Couldn't agree with this more. The most important things in sizing is the reach, stack, and ST angle. I do prefer frames where the top tube sits just beneath my leg when stopped with one foot on the ground, so I can kind of sit on the TT without bending my grounded leg, which allows me to comfortably stabilize the bike when at a stoplight or reading a map. That usually happens when I have no more than 2-3cm of actual stand over clearance. -Matt -- 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/6e7175c7-e445-48be-90a6-f6081e94b88eo%40googlegroups.com.
