Your second question is, I think, where things stand. I've ridden lots of upright bars with varying stem lengths and there isn't much difference in steering feel, they all have a bit of what the recumbent folks call tiller effect. I try to buy frames that give me good reach to Boscos without needing the longest possible stem.
*I will say that the Roadini is weighted towards being a dropbar road bike with semi-quick steering geometry. It's not primarily designed for Billies and should have a smidge more tiller than, say, a Clem or Platy. Joe Bernard On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 2:01:24 PM UTC-7 eddietheflay wrote: > I guess another question would be can you expect steering to be twitchy > when all your leverage it behind the steering axis instead of in front like > you find on all drop bar bikes? > > On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 1:59:17 PM UTC-7 eddietheflay wrote: > >> I am considering a Roadini and not sure if a 54 or a 57 would be best. I >> have always ridden the biggest bike I can stand over without hurting >> myself. My current bike has Billie bars installed on a very tall adjustable >> stem. Effective top tube on this bike is 59.5cm. Reach to both the rear >> portion at the grips and front portion at the curves seems quite >> comfortable. But when steering from the grips things seem really twitchy. >> Wondering if a shorter top-tubed bike with a longer stem would make things >> more steady? > > -- 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/889709d8-81ba-47b0-895d-2e05a8b7d9c6n%40googlegroups.com.
