More ingredients to stir into the pot… A little dissent on the Ram. The asthetics of the contrasting paint and lugs on most Rivs are a bit too ornate for my taste so I actually like/prefer the riv/soma San Marcos. And the blue color is really nice (at least on the internets--never seen one in person). I thought hard about this bike when it came out. But alas, it has to be a 2 top tuber at my size and that breaks all deals for me. I think it has to get to 65 cm or larger before two tubes start to look right to my eye.
As for size, I've had many, many bikes that should have fit me according to charts, recommendations and such. All ended up being too small but I've never had a bike that was too big. I, however, like my bars above the saddle and I'm riding Albas. For what it's worth. Particulars: I've been told I have very uniform, off the shelf proportions of torso/legs/arms. After repeated measurements, I read my PBH as between 34.5 inches (87.63 centimeters) and 34.62500 inches (87.9475 centimeters). The last bike I bought was a vintage trek which I thought would probably be too big. But for $100, what the hey! This is the best fitting bike I've ever owned (although I wouldn't go any bigger). It measures as follows: Seat tube: 24" C-T, Top tube: 23" C-C, Standover 34.5". When I straddle the bike at stops, the top tube is right up there in my business. And yet, after many miles, it's never been a real world issue. Because of the albas, a longer top tube would be fine. But this top tube measurement would definitely work with drop bars if I went that way. There's less than a fistful of seatpost showing--which looks fine to me eye. But I find too little seatpost showing preferable to too much…whatever the too little/too much designations even mean. I have to personally thank Grant here. I wouldn't have looked at a bike this big in my lifetime had it not been for his well publicized opinions on the matter. Really opened my eyes. So all this is just some more data which may in no way apply whatsoever to you. Good luck! • Perry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
