Greenway: Email Keven at Riv. Confess your lust for big tires. He will steer you to the path righteousness on frame size. Even if you were to build up your frame completely (as I did) and find that it is the wrong size "for you" (I did), Riv will let you exchange the frame (I did x 2!!). Just be completely straight with them about your concerns and they'll stand by their advice to you. Your decision might seem kind of critical because you are deciding between two frame sizes that require different wheels, but it's pretty easy to borrow wheels and test them out without building up the bike. Keven, or somebody at RBW, will be able to tell exactly how much the tire size changes the standover height.
Rest assured that Grant and his crew are used to dealing with customers who waffle a bit about their bikes. The have proven to me that they will go to extraordinary lengths to assure that you are happy with your purchase. If you do decide to exchange frames, do offer to pay shipping for the new frame. It's the right thing to do and the simple gesture goes a long ways towards making the guys feel valued. For what it's worth, I am able to fit on Atlantis frames from 62 - 68. The 64cm frame that I have now is 2cm smaller than what Riv recommends for me and it fits me great because I have a really short torso. On Sep 15, 4:32 am, Angus <[email protected]> wrote: > My PBH is 89cm (3.3cm more) and I ride a 64cm Atlantis (6cm more). > With 37mm Paselas I don't find the stand over height to be a problem, > I wouldn't think that 50 or 60mm tires would make a huge difference on > your Atlantis. > > Angus > > On Sep 15, 2:17 am, Greenwayrider <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > As I have posted before I just purchased a 58cm Atlantis frame and > > will be building it up in the next few months. Just a side note, I > > haven't seen the frame yet because I am in Africa until sometime in > > Oct, it is still the box in my garage. Anyway I bought the Atlantis to > > be my big tire bike, and I was wondering how might putting 50mm or > > 60mm tires on the bike change the fit. I am a little concerned about > > the stand over height with such large tires on the bike. My PBH is > > 85.7. The question is, should I have bought the 56cm instead or will > > the 58cm still fit with big tires? One last thing I didn't tell the > > guys at RBW that I was planning on running such large tires when I > > ordered the frame. Thanks in advance for any advice given. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
