Hey Dan - I'm 5'11" with an 89 cm PBH and the 2023 57cm Appaloosa fits me very well.
On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 7:12:28 AM UTC-7 thetaper...@gmail.com wrote: > Hey there Dan, I'm 6'3" and also have a ~91cm PBH, with a 6'3" wingspan. I > ride a 59cm Atlantis (which allegedly has a slightly longer ETT than the > Appa) with a 5cm stem and Soma Hwy One drops. It fits like a dream. I'd > have no issue running swept bars with a longer stem. > > Hoping another data point is helpful, best of luck! > > Nick in Falls Church VA > > On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 2:18:14 AM UTC-4 Dan wrote: > >> Oh yeah, all legs, no torso! Not sure if its too relevant but my overall >> reach (wingspan) is a little over 6'2 so I do have the arms. I'm not >> particularly keen on angling my body forward too much so I was thinking >> swoop back bars but it makes me wonder if there was a day that I wanted to >> try some drop down bars, if the bike would be to much for me. >> >> On Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 2:00:55 PM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >>> Yikes! Under 6 feet tall and over 90cm PBH? That's some long legs. >>> Literally more than half your height is PBH. >>> >>> Anyway, a 60cm Appaloosa is a much much bigger bike than a 60cm Schwinn >>> LeTour. The risk is that if you are all legs is that the reach is too far. >>> If your Appaloosa will have a swept back bar, then that's totally >>> manageable. If you've got long arms to go with your long legs that also >>> comes into play, and is not captured by your height. >>> >>> There is a photo of Roman holding up the PBH range chart. See the phone >>> number on there? Call that and talk it over with them. I predict that >>> after you discuss it with them you'll end up confident in the 60, but >>> that's just my guess. Good luck with your choosing. >>> >>> Bill Lindsay >>> El Cerrito, CA >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 10:50:24 AM UTC-7 dandu...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Hey All! I am getting ready to get an appaloosa when Rivendell restocks >>>> them and I am trying to figure out the proper size. I measured my PBH 10 >>>> times. The average came to 91 exactly, top end was 91.8 and lowest was >>>> 89.5 >>>> (which was likely an error anyway). Overall most measurements measure >>>> between 90.5 and 91.5. I am just shy of 6 foot tall. Based on the geometry >>>> chart, I am on the low end of a 60cm frame. I already have a 60cm frame >>>> bike but it is an 88 Shcwinn Le Tour and it can be quite uncomfortable. I >>>> know the Appaloosa would be significantly different but this will be a >>>> major financial investment for me and I want to make sure I am making the >>>> correct choice. Would anyone be able to share their opinions on what I may >>>> want to go with? >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> -- 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/fbb8c391-7831-43cd-bafb-e31e71a99168n%40googlegroups.com.
