I ride a 59 AHH and am about 5'11". I've had a number of close bike-crazy friends who think I'm nuts and on a frame that is too big. Everyone has an opinion. I find it comfy, and would guess that I could easily go with a 61cm on a relatively flat top tube bike. Getting the handlebars high without having to use a really long stem height is more important to me that worrying about how close the top tube is to my "junk". I'm of the opinion that wanting to keep a low top tube is something the industry legals did to minimize the new biker injury claims rather than educating folks on how to ride a properly sized bike without hurting yourself. The problem is that your injury on a "too small" bike just takes longer to manifest, but will definitely happen, whereas a bump on the junk only takes one time to get folks in the mindset on how to avoid it in the future.
Brian Seattle, WA On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Allan in Portland <allan_f...@aracnet.com>wrote: > > > On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 11:15:59 PM UTC-7, Statrixbob wrote: >> >> And the only bike I regret buying was fat-tubed, but too small road bike >> about 25+ years ago. I was riding a "too big" Schwinn road bike and got >> talked into buying a new bike that was the "right size." I wish I'd kept >> the Schwinn...with any luck it's still on the road. As > > > At the risk of taking this off-topic, I find it incredibly hard not to > comment when someone is beaming over their new bike that is 2 to 4 _inches_ > too small. Just yesterday my neighbor, that had been talking about getting > a new Kona all winter long pulled up on what looked to be 56 "Honky Tonk". > He is about 6', maybe even 6'1". WTH? He's got 2 or 3 inches on me, and I'm > riding a 59. > > Believe me, I'll never be a downer over anyone's new bike, but aye, they > sure make it hard don't they. > > -Allan > > -- > 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/-/wnCLxeRdiV8J. > > 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.
