On Friday, June 27, 2014 8:54:29 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Unlike you, I did say a word when I stood next to a young man who was at > least 6'3" tall (he was taller than my 6'2" brother) to whom the clerk was > trying to sell a 56 cm frame. I threw a wrench into the spokes of that sale! > > With modern compact frames, roughly what heights would ride a 56 -- not > sure if this means c-c or c-t nowadays. >
With modern "compact" bikes, I believe the key is to look at the top tube length, especially if the bikes come in Small, Medium, Large, etc. Nevertheless, I think that anyone 6'3 is probably going to need a bike bigger than "56cm." > > > OTOH, I've noticed many very high bars on carbon fiber road bikes; they > look odd what with the short wheelbase and compact frames. The bars are > often tilted so that the points of the weirdly long brake/shift levers are > pointed upward at a dramatic angle. > In fairness to the large bike mfrs, some do offer frames with different front ends that get the bars high. For example, Trek sells it Trek Madones with H1 and H2 fit. H1 is for those who are "racers" and want low bars. H2 "features a slightly higher head tube to put less strain on your back and neck. It's the right way to get most riders, including many of our Pro Team riders, in the right place. With no need for high-rise stems or spacer stacks, the look is nothing but pro." Several of my friends have Trek Madone with H2 fit Add in that two of them have the latest di2 e-shifting and well, it gets them out there and riding! Good Luck! > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Anne Paulson <anne.p...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On my recent Sierra to the Sea tour, I stopped off at a bike shop that >> catered to the more racey crowd. It appeared to sell only carbon fiber >> bikes. And I think maybe the employees were not always keeping their >> customer's actual needs in mind. >> >> As I was waiting for a riding companion to get his issue dealt with, I >> listened to a young, fit employee who was apparently selling one of those >> carbon bikes to an older guy, maybe in his 50s. The customer was a tall >> fellow with a substantial beer keg of a belly, and judging by the >> conversation he was a new rider. >> >> The employee was earnestly telling him that he really needed to use >> padded bike shorts, and they had to be tight. The employee further >> explained that the only bike shorts that were truly appropriate were bib >> shorts, and the bib shorts should be so tight that it would be >> uncomfortable to stand upright in them, but that would be all right because >> with the low handlebars and the low riding position, the bibs would work. >> The bike shop guy's attitude about the bibs was about the same as my and >> your attitude about, say, carrying a patch kit when riding: they were >> utterly necessary. >> >> It was unclear to me how the rider would be able to ride those low >> handlebars, given his round belly. >> >> I didn't say a word. >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis > > ************************************* > * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to > never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from > it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* > * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to > look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind > it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into > somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your > daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is > all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was > any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, > because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where > in your time and your body can they be?* > * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. > "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where > Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of > you can find it?” -- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood * > -- 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/d/optout.
