Me thinks ye hath answered thine own query........! I know I have shrunk due to weight and age. My flexibility has also declined which has forced me to look at a more rounded exercise program since cycling tends to tighten you up. Improving your flexibility may help. Maybe you'll have to convert the bike to some upright bars. : (
On Dec 29, 9:42 pm, b hamon <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I wonder if any of you have had a custom frame that you rode for years and > more recently have found that the top tube has become too long for you? I > would guess this happens more noticeably to the short-torsoed among us, since > as we age our spines compress and those with shorter torsos feel the > difference in the reach to the handlebars sooner than everyone else. > > But I'm beginning to suspect that this may be happening to me with a > 12-year-old custom frame that is no longer comfortable with drops on it (even > with the shortest Nitto Techie I can find). My suspicion may have been > confirmed at the doctor's office this week when I discovered that I was not > only no longer 5' 7", I apparently haven't been for some time. > > For someone who is, in her family of origin, very, very short (my sister and > all my cousins topped out at 6' or more), it was a crushing blow, for at > least ten minutes. > > Seriously, has this happened to anyone else? Is it possible to "outgrow" (or > outshrink?) a custom frame? --B -- 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.
