For 15 years I have manfully resisted the "don't worry about tt, st angle and bar height compensate" message from Grant. I asked for a 56-57 cm c-c tt on my customs and set them up with 8 cm stems and bars 4-5 cm below saddle; very, very nice. Then I got, seriatim, a medium (17"!!) Monocog 29er with a, what, 24" c-c tt and, a couple of years later, just a couple of months ago, a 56 cm Sam Hill, with (gad!) a 59 cm tt and (gad!) a 10 cm stem.
I simply raised the bars. On the Monocog they are a good 2-3 cm above the saddle; on the SH they are about 1 cm above the saddle. Result? Very nice, and on those two bikes I can ride in the hooks almost indefinitely, while with the other Rivs and other bikes (8 cm stems, bars 5 cm below saddle) the hooks are wonderful for 5 miles and tolerable for 10 miles (at my usual 25 mph cruising speed). Conclusion? For bikes on which I want higher bars -- off road, Monocog; touring, SH -- long tt and high bars are just fine. For fixed gear, urban, short (30 miles or less) rides, which makes up most of my riding, and the headwinds we have in high desert, no tree Albuquerque (the horizon is always 80 miles away), I'd insist on a shorter tt. YM may, will, nay, ineluctibly must vary. -- 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.
