I have an 80 PBH and comfortably fit a 51cm SH and 48 or 51 Hunq (went 48 for more standover clearance for trail riding). I briefly had a 55cm Cheviot but sold it. One primary reason being that I missed the top tube since I was constantly lugging it up and down stairs. But also because it felt too big and unwieldy. The Rivendell sizing logic with the Cheviot is that since there is no top tube then standover doesn't matter so go big. I think it would have been a different story if I went 50cm, as a lot of people really like this bike. I say go smaller if its within your range (which it appears the you're on the upper end of the PBH range on the 55), but...definitely call Rivendell and tell them your concern as others have mentioned, they'll most likely validate that both sizes will work give you good advice on which way to go based on that without pushing you one way or the other. I feel that with all their other bikes they have strong recommendations but the Cheviot and Clems are different due to the lack of available sizes hence the PBH overlap b/w sizes. Just my .02, but Rivendell will guide you best.
On Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 4:15:37 PM UTC-7, WETH wrote: > > GM, > I have a 60cm Cheviot awaiting parts for a build. If you live near > Washington, D.C., you are welcome to check it out. > I will second Patrick's advice to give RBW a call; they are super helpful. > Congrats on the baby. > Erl -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
