I do generally prefer a slacker seat tube angle. I ride 155 cranks and even though when your saddle goes up to accommodate for the cranks it generally needs to go back a bit more still. The Roadini has a 72.5 STA and my Berthoud saddle is more back than forward right now.
Weight could be interesting because with the same build, smaller frame and 650b I could see the Sam actually being lighter. -Dan On Monday, December 9, 2024 at 11:40:05 AM UTC-5 Ted Durant wrote: > > On Dec 9, 2024, at 8:53 AM, Spencer Robinson <gogou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The drawback to the Heron is that 32’s are just about the largest tire > you can fit > > > > My, how far we have come since 1997. When Herons were designed, cyclists > on 28mm tires were obviously Freds. If you wanted 32’s, you searched out > Campionato del Mondo sewups. It was a battle to get builders to set brake > bridges and fork length to maximize the 57mm reach of “long” brakes. The > pads on the brakes on my prototype Heron are smack dab in the middle of the > slots. I have 32mm tires crammed in there. I also have 32’s crammed into > the Campy Daytona brakes on my same-era Riv Road. If Grant Petersen and Jan > Heine are remembered for nothing else, I hope they are remembered for how > much joy they have brought (back) to the cycling world with an > embarrassment of riches in choices of large volume tires and bikes and > components that take advantage of them. > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee, WI USA > > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7887c0aa-491f-425d-9979-e27bf5dda079n%40googlegroups.com.
