Bill pointed out that it's only 17mm higher Steve in the 65cm. size. That's not a whole lot more than a classic steel road frame with it's naturally higher head tube than seat tube.
On Friday, November 15, 2013 2:09:14 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 11/15/2013 10:49 AM, Anton Tutter wrote: > > I think he meant that the seat tube extension might limit the size > > frame one can fit, > > In other words, can't the saddle low enough? > > > > and without the extension one might otherwise order the next size up, > > getting a higher head tube. > > > > > I think this entire discussion is based on a misunderstanding. Looking > at the geometry chart > http://www.somafab.com/archives/product/grand-randonneur-frame-set the > illustration makes it clear this is a sloper, and not just a wee little > one, like the Rambouillet/Atlantis, either. Even with the seat tube > extension, the head tube itself, never mind the headset stack, etc., is > significantly higher than the end of the seat tube. It looks like with > both stem and seat post slammed the bars are going to be significantly > higher than the saddle. > > > -- 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.
