Hi Bill, Does 26er or 29er matter to you? That might persuade you to go one way or the other.
My PBH is a smidge under 81cm (~170cm tall or 5'7"), and Riv recommends 48 or 51 for me. I went with 48cm-- plenty of stand-over clearance, which was important to me for off-road riding. Also, I wanted to run drop bars and/or moustache, so I went with the 48 for the shorter top tube (54.5 vs 57.5). (Works fine for me with ~10-cm stem for drops. I didn't want to use a stubby stem for drops.) I've tried albatross, too, and they're fine with a 12-cm stem. I probably need a slightly longer stem to improve the position. I also have bullmoose (not the bosco), and those are great for the trail. As is, I sometimes wish I could get them a little lower. Maybe that's something to consider if you're choosing between 51 or 54? Good luck, Shoji On Monday, September 8, 2014 2:56:44 PM UTC-4, Mobile Bill wrote: > > Ok, your comments on this site and Jared at Riv have just about talked me > into dropping my money on a Hunquapillar rather than trying to resurrect > the 650B Bombadil (may it ever RIP). > But before I take the plunge, I'm wanting to think this sizing thing out > more carefully. > *Any of you with a 51 or 54 cm Hunq,* would you care to reveal your PBH, > your height, your handlebar style and your comfort/satisfaction with the > Hunq for the uses you are putting it to (would you specify briefly what > those uses are?) > > (I used to claim my PBH was 83.5,which is about the mid-tube height of a > 54 hunq with largest tires -- but using a hard metal ruler today, and > trying again and again, I'm getting a pbh reading that looks more like > 84-85. I am very comfortably fitted on a 58 cm Saluki with a thumb more > than a fistful of seat tube showing. But this Hunq will be a hoppin' on and > off rough jeep trail bike as well as a heavy load paved and gravel touring > bike.) > -- 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.
