Peter, I have the exact same height and PBH and I ride a 56cm Hillborne and love it. I didn't try a 52 cm. You might want to try both....
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Peter Morgano <[email protected]>wrote: > Looking for a 56cm Hilsen or a 52cm hillborne, both are beautiful bikes > although at my generous weight the Hllborne might be better. Do you know > anyone looking to unload a 52cm Hillborne? Doesnt seem to be alot of people > wanting to trade thier hilsens. I might have to just sell the saluki and > get a hillborne if no one wants to trade up. > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:38 PM, James Warren <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Not in my size range, but just wanted to clarify? Are you looking for a >> 56 cm Hillborne or 56 Hilsen? A 52 cm Hillborne should fit similar to a 56 >> cm Hilsen. (And either would be really nice.) >> >> >> On Jan 7, 2012, at 1:49 PM, Peter M wrote: >> >> After a few hundred miles I have determined that my saluki is just a hair >> too big. I have a freakish body at 5'11" with a 82cm PBH, and yes I have >> measured it 10 times. I wear 31 inseam pants. The 58cm saluki just gives >> me no standover room whatsoever even though it is really comfortable I am >> looking to do a bit more on and off road adventures and need some kind of >> buffer for the old crotchal area. Bike is in nice shape but unlike the guy >> that sold it to me I will give full disclosure, it has a small ding in the >> downtube and some paint loss behind the bb lug that i touched up as well as >> i could, with the crankset on you cant see it and the ding is pretty much >> invisible but if you feel the tube it is there. Again looking for a 56cm >> Hilsen or Saluki, if they are in better shape than mine i can give you >> money to compensate for the difference. If someone has a frame to sell >> rather than to trade i would be open for that as well. Here is a link to my >> flikr page when I first buit up the bike. >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/67889635@N06/ >> Shoot me any offers or anything, I am pretty flexible. Thanks. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/phlYBPfbMLgJ. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
