Fit is everything - I have the exact opposite dimensions from Peter - short torso and gibbon-like limbs. I need to sit tall, but a too-long top tube forces me to lean farther than I want. Tall quill, short forward length and zero offset seatpost solve it for me. We're having a blast of cold and humid (high 30s and 95+% humidity - Texas winter), so I had my bike on a mag trainer last night. Happened to be beside a mirror and was looking at my fit. Was taking note of how comfortable it's tweaked, but it does look a bit strange.
On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7:58:26 AM UTC-6, colinthehippie wrote: > > Peter, did you wind up ordering the Polyvalent? Please let me know if you > did, and how the ride is. > > On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:19:06 PM UTC-5, Peter M wrote: > >> So I have been riding the bombadil more this week and it is an awesome >> ride but it still just feels a bit tight on the top tube. I have short >> legs and a long torso so it is hard for me to find a bike with good >> lenght on the top tube without having zero standover. I was looking >> at the VO site though and I never even thought to look at their bikes >> since I usually just get parts from them. The Polyvalent MKII looks >> like the business with a nice long top tube and reasonable standover, >> bosses for lights, short horizontal drops, and a nice fork rake. I do >> hate that it is not lugged, which I dont know if I can get over or >> not. I would really love to go up to the 56cm Bombadil but since they >> are as rare as hens teeth it looks like I will have to shell out the >> 3k to get one which would be a year of saving at least. In the mean >> time the Polyvalent looks like a reasonable alternative as a stop gap. >> I was just wondering if anyone has owned or knows someone who has >> owned a Polyvalent who would know if it is a nice "Rivish" ride for a >> bigger (see fatter) guy. Thanks All. >> >> Peter >> > -- 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/-/XaMqJn4gcBoJ. 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.
