I can't comment on the 50cm Chev, but I have 700x50 tires on my 60cm with a Tektro R559 sidepull in the rear and there's plenty of clearance. Without fenders, I think you'd be fine clearing a 650bx50 on the smaller model. (From my experience, Riv is rather conservative on their max tire size recommendations.)
Not sure what your PBH is but another option would be a 45cm Clem L (48.5 chainstays) which can fit up to 26x2.4" tires with a V-brake or cantis. On Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 10:16:28 PM UTC-4 Joel S wrote: > Looking at the geometry charts it appears that the 50cm Cheviot has 45cm > chainstays , so short by Riv’s current standards. Also with sidepull brakes > (not sure how this works with room for fat tires). Can anyone comment on > this? > > Right now I have 2 Rivs with toptubes and am fine with them. A step thru > might be nice if one of these can be found...... a knee replacement and > bad back might make this viable. > > Your info on this bike especially the tire clearance would be appreciated. > I am not a fan of the long chainstay models. Fenders would not be used, I > ride in dry conditions. > > Thank you > > Joel > -- 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/a82aaf89-4555-4b51-af4a-5ff9ddf703d5n%40googlegroups.com.
