I once made a mistake and got a Saluki too small (50). I have a 79.5 PBH. I went personally to RBW and tested some sizes and changed to a 54. The standover gives me acceptable clearance. If you can standover the larger size you might prefer it. Can you test one? You are just a little bit taller than I am and you would have enough standover in the 54 for sure. Ken
On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 11:02:07 PM UTC-4, blakcloud wrote: > > Yes, I have contacted Riv on this but I am leery of their suggestion as it > puts me on a bike that is smaller than I have ridden and this information > contradicts their own charts on the website. > > 81 cm PBH > 71 cm Saddle height > > The chart on this page <http://www.rivbike.com/kb_results.asp?ID=41> > would suggest a 55 or 56 (for 650 wheelset), yet I was told a 54 cm would > fit better. My inclination by looking at the geometry charts would be a 56. > > What bothers me about the 54 is the amount of seat post that will be > showing. I dislike a lot of post showing. > > Here is a photo > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/catt1788/6901616905/in/photolist-bvSAfV-wYTW9J-7NR1Dv-7rxSGp-7dVF76-7rBPFU-8CdWQP-7Y1YMh-7rBPHu-9PzPdh-7rxT1B-aEaNww-a3tZom-ejX5Yo-7rBPCL-7rBQgb-578zWL-7rBQhb-cCGp1u-dBW9Xw-74wZZm-78LfVY-eK3dot-dqSd1s-eK3d9T-eMzXmH-7rxTgZ-doowJ2-6RTJb2-eKeFgd-hUtraR-eMBUmx-dwtM52-qcHjsG-eMPYBC-8Fk4ps-6h5CUY-rQMCJi-eMzPxc-e1yp1C-sHvgdA-hJL5fR-9ztCiH-cQeZfC-74wZY5-bvHiWz-bDMN1b-pGWsS1-5qFFhX-9zG4F3> > > of a 54 with a 70 cm saddle height and for my tastes, too much post is > showing. My post would be 1 cm. higher and more of it showing because I > would use a shallower saddle. > > For those who have a 54 or 56 what is your PBH and or saddle height? What > would you suggest? > > For the record I own a 52 cm Sam Hilborne. It is built as a > commuter/picnic bike. Full fenders, front rack, basket, rear rack Albatross > bars, Brooks B67, dynamo, Schwalbe Marathons and kickstand. The Hilsen > would be a bare bones bike with Map/Ahearne bars, Hetre's etc. I have > everything for this build but I just don''t have a frame yet. This is going > to be my non-commuter bike. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Thomas > > > > > > > > > > -- 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.
