I AGREE !!! Grant sold me a Long Low 58 with a very long top tube = NO standover clerance way too long top tube (could have turned the stem around backward to fit right). NOW it is with a new happy owner. Charlie
On Thursday, July 24, 2014 11:59:52 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > A dissenting opinion: I had a 56 and found the 59 cm top tube too long. If > you have a preferred bar and a preferred bar position with respect to the > saddle, there are limits to adjusting reach by adjusting the stem -- I > could not get the Sam's Noodle close enough to the saddle with a normal > stem, even with the Sam's relaxed seat tube angle. I could have used a 5 or > 6 cm extension, except that would put too little weight on the front wheel. > I ended up with the bar too high for my liking -- some 5-6 cm above the > saddle, when even for a "country' bike I prefer it no more than 2 cm above > saddle. Top tube length matters! > > I personally would very definitely test ride one if you can, though if you > don't mind very high bars, you have less need to worry about top tube > length. Me, I like my bars where I like them -- it's not a variable but a > given. > > The Sam would be an excellent candidate for upright bars, though. > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 9:35 AM, lungimsam <john1...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Most people seem happy with the Rivendell method of sizing for their >> bikes. >> >> *If this is your first bike*, just go with their sizing. You can always >> use a shorter or longer stem, and rotate the brake levers little more >> forward or back on the handlebars (if using drops) to try to buy the >> centimeters you need to get the reach comfortable for you. If using other >> bars, then it is even easier to fit for reach because you are talking huge >> sweep back and rise like on the Albas and Bosco bars. >> >> -- > 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.
