Re: [RBW] Re: Riv Road sizing

2010-08-08 Thread cyclotourist
gt; yesterday in fact. > > Tailwinds > > Bruce > > -- > *From:* cyclotourist > > *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Sun, August 8, 2010 9:59:03 PM > *Subject:* Re: [RBW] Re: Riv Road sizing > > Not too big... 30mm Pasel

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv Road sizing

2010-08-08 Thread Bruce
: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, August 8, 2010 9:59:03 PM Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Riv Road sizing Not too big... 30mm Paselas. That's actually the weakness of the bike. It can't ride much larger than 32mm w/out hitting the brake bridge/fork crown. Not like current Riv bik

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv Road sizing

2010-08-08 Thread cyclotourist
Not too big... 30mm Paselas. That's actually the weakness of the bike. It can't ride much larger than 32mm w/out hitting the brake bridge/fork crown. Not like current Riv bikes, that's for sure! I don't know what the BB drop is. And in fact, there's always the chance that I measured incorrectly

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv Road sizing

2010-08-07 Thread cyclotourist
At least it's always a great relationship building activity. On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 2:33 PM, ejg wrote: > Thanks again all > so, it seems that my PBH has changed (unikely) > or I have had the wrong measurement. > My wife and I just re-measured a few times with differen't tapes and > have come u

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv Road sizing

2010-08-07 Thread cyclotourist
Just measured my '01 Riv Road. It's a 61cm frame and has an ~87cm standover middle of the tube. I have an 89cm PBH. On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:32 PM, rob markwardt wrote: > Sounds really close to a 63 Romulus... > > http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/romulus/pages/17-downtubedecal.html > > Stand

RE: [RBW] Re: Riv Road sizing

2010-08-06 Thread Joe Bartoe
Hi, Here's a link to the the specs on my 63.5 cm Riv as an example: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QcCa4M8hwDI/SlusiESSwVI/AG0/EEdsStukMxI/s1600-h/joe.jpg I have a PBH of nearly 83cm, or 6cm, longer than the original poster, and this frame works well for me. There's also a link on the Riv