Michael I finished it up yesterday afternoon, and I've been laid up with a cold, so all I did was ride it around the block. Even on that short of a spin, I can confirm that the fit is exactly what I was shooting for. I can't tell you how useful Grant's frame-drawing lessons were for me. I have all my bikes drawn up now. The Hetres are definitely cushy. I rode them a fair bit this summer on my Bombadil. I have 4 sets of road tires: Hetres, Pari Motos, Somas, and Maxy Fastys. We'll see which ones get the majority miles.
Greg Of course I considered the 59cm 700C Hilsen (I'm more like an 87 PBH, 5'10-1/2"), but I tried 650B on my existing go-fast road bike first, and that hooked me. In my mind right now, 650B is really like getting something for nothing. You can run wider tires than 700C, be lighter weight than 700C, be more durable than 700C, run lower pressure than 700C and roll faster than 700C. The only thing you lose is tire selection/availability, so I'm forced to stock up. That impression might change as I put legitimate miles on this beauty, but I'm pretty drunk on the 650B koolaid at the moment. I still have 2 700C bikes as well, so I haven't completely switched over. On Oct 4, 12:15 pm, Greg Wallace <wallacefreed...@gmail.com> wrote: > did you consider the 57cm or 59cm with 700c? i am 5' 9-1/2" with a > PBH of 86cm and wondering which wheel size to go with. > > On Oct 3, 4:43 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm 5' 10-1/2" and my PBH is 87cm > > > On Oct 3, 4:27 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > -- 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.
