I measure bikes to the top of the top tube at the seat tube junction, too. Not to the top of the seat tube collar. That's definitely good to know about the BMC bikes.
Philip On Mar 8, 1:12 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > FWIW, if Mike had handed me these bikes, and told me to resell them, I > would call my '59' a 58. It is 58cm from the center of the bottom bracket > to the top of the top tube along the seat tube. My '59' measures 59cm from > the center of the bottom bracket to the tippy top of the seat tube along > the seat tube. Since there's an external seat clamp, that spot on my tape > measure that is 59cm is an imaginary spot about 2/3 of the way up the seat > clamp. By my reckoning, it's a 58 and that's one of the myriad reasons I > bought it. > > > > > > > > On Thursday, March 8, 2012 9:01:10 AM UTC-8, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Oh, you sold the QB. Just not putting enough miles on it? Now what will I > > borrow this summer??? :-) > > > As for the BMC bikes, I wish they were built in 2cm increments. I'm > > slightly between sizes, too. Yeah I know, what's the big deal w/ 1cm, > > right, but I'm a fussy one... > > > On Thursday, March 8, 2012 6:16:00 AM UTC-8, Mike wrote: > > >> William, congrats on the new bike. Yeah, those frames look great. > >> Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I'm in-between sizes otherwise I > >> might be considering one of their frames to take the spot vacated by > >> the sale of my Quickbeam. They seem to be designed well. Looks like > >> right now you can get brakes free with frame purchase. > > >>http://blackmountaincycles.blogspot.com/ > > >> Tomorrow I'll pick-up my Surly CC frame which I've made some changes > >> to in hopes of using it as my "go fast" bike. As for the space vacated > >> by the Quickbeam... I'm trying to stay focused on getting a Big Dummy. > > >> --mike -- 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.
