For reference, I'm 5'6", 78cm PBH, and 150lb. I don't think Rivendell carries it anymore. I ordered my frame through a Soma dealer, make sure you ask for the nice bend fork, instead of the banana fork if those things matter to you.
On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 10:00:22 AM UTC-4, PineTarSoap wrote: > > I would like to get my first Riv bike. I mainly plan to commute with this > bike (17 mi roundtrip, hills) and do the occasional road ride. I have a > neck pain issue and I am hoping a more upright position and fatter tires > will help. I have a nice carbon road bike for fast rides, but I would like > to mix in a bike with a different position to take stress off my neck. I > don't plan right now on doing any off-road riding or touring. > > I have tested ridden the Hunq, Cheviot, and Sam. They were all fun, but I > thought the Sam probably seemed the most appropriate. But I didn't get a > chance to ride a Soma SM. The Riv description is that is like a more well > rounded Rodeo, which seems to fit what I would use it for. I suppose a > Rodeo would as well but at more cost. > > Questions: > 1) Does the Soma sound like the right choice for me? > 2) Do they still sell this frame? If you google search it, the Riv page is > the first listed, but you can't find it on their frames page. > 3) My PBH is 78 (just) and so I guess I am in the 51 cm range, however the > 51 cm Sam didn't leave much crotch room. Would a 47 cm work? Seems odd to > me that the size down from 51 is a big jump to 47. > -- 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.
