Well, according to RBW the DirtDrop gives me 82mm horizontal extension, so that's not so appealing to me. I can live with the lack of height above saddle, as it is my city fixie and I can roll with what I'll call a "more aerodynamic" setup, but more stretch would be really nice. It's sounding like a stem extension & technomic may be how I need to solve this...
On Feb 23, 4:22 pm, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: > have you looked at the super tall periscopa? Ben's cycles has them in I > believe but with only 80mm extension might not be what you are looking for. > On Feb 23, 2012 4:04 PM, "Mike S" <mikeshalj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Now that I've been riding my ridiculously perfect-fitting 64cm Sam > > Hillborne a bit, it's become clear to me that my 64cm Quickbeam w/ > > Dirtdrop stem & moustache bars gives me less extension than is ideal. > > I impulsively bought the QB when it first debuted, and I should have > > gotten a 66 or 68 over the 64. Also, using the Nitto lugged seatpost > > as far back as possible, and it's still not enough reach. > > > In addition to not being enough reach, the Dirtdrop is at the minimum > > insertion line and it's only about even with the saddle, and I'd like > > it higher. The option I am most in favor of right now would be > > replacing the DD with a 13cm tallux, in the belief that a technomic > > would give me more horizontal extension than a DD, and the 3cm > > additional quill length would make up for the loss of up-angle. I'm > > also considering being slightly reckless and raising it above the min. > > insertion mark if I can't get enough height in regulation. > > > The other option would be to get the stem extension Riv sells and > > throw a technomic in there I guess, but the thought of the something > > so kludgy on an otherwise excessively nice setup is a little > > horrifying for my perfectionism to bear. > > > I'm just wondering if there are any of you tall dudes who've had > > similar issues with getting bikes to fit, and if my hypothesis will > > actually work in achieving more extension AND stem height. Thanks for > > any input! > > > -- > > 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-bunch@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. -- 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-bunch@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.
