oh - whups that's actually a long TT at 622.. not sure why i thought it was short. so maybe that's part of it.
> > Well, my stats (phb 84.5, 5'11, short limbs, all torso) have always made bike > fittings hard. with "typical" road bikes i've been way too far forward out > over the front wheel, and it unweights the rear wheel too much, causes me to > endo easily, etc. this isn't an issue on most mountain bikes. it's not much > of an issue with the SH, either, with the B-17 back on a set-back seatpost. > though the pedals still feel like they are wee bit too far "back". i've > tweaked the height of the Bullmoose bars and seat to be a pretty-good-feel > set up, and the bike DOES track extremely well 90% of the time - i just have > to pay more attention to the front end when climbing or turning semi-sharply > on flats, or i find the bike might add in some turn i wasn't expecting. > > in comparison, all the riding i've done in the past couple years that hasn't > been on this Sam has been on a 19" Fisher Cobia > 29er:http://fisherbikes.com/bike/archivemodel/398 > > that frame geometry completely eliminates any fit issue for me, even though > it's got a short effective top tube (622). i did add a height-adjustable stem > to get me a bit more upright/take pressure off my hands. but it's got better > transfer of power than my Sam, and feels much faster to accelerate (fork > locked) even with 2.5" knobbies, compared to the Sam with 40mm Shwalbe Mara > Sups. i dont know enough about geometry to compare the SH 56cm to the Cobia > 19".. there are obviously a lot of differences - but some dimension is > affecting both fit and power transfer pretty significantly (with a similar > drivetrain, crank length, cassette,etc). > > best, > andrew -- 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.
