Not that I know for sure but I am guessing it is actual vs effective. That said, having two different numbers out there can be confusing unless you are paying pretty close attention. I was looking at the 58cm Appaloosa figures the other night and noticed the 59.7 vs. 61.5 top tube lengths given. The 61.5 is noted as effective TT and I think that is right (though an assumption). I take it the 59.7 must be actual, but again...
I will throw in that Grant came in to another thread to talk about TT lengths as applied to bikes designed for higher bar positioning and I do get that. I also really appreciate his input on these things! That said, the two numbers do bug me and might confuse someone making the big decision(s). In my wanderings that night, I re-read the Adventure Cycling review of the Appaloosa, a 58cm, that they state as having a 59.7 "effective" TT. Wrong I am guessing?! But they saw that number in a chart and assumed effective. Or, heck, maybe it is? https://www.adventurecycling.org/adventure-cyclist/online-features/road-test-rivendell-joe-appaloosa/ Anyway, hopefully someone knows about any changes. I will say, if I had extra money and the fleet of bikes was not so crazy here, I would be ordering an Appaloosa, and that's the truth. On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 8:34 PM, Dave Johnston <jdi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Did the top tube length change on the 2017 Appaloosa? In the old chart > (attached) the 51cm model says Top Tube of "56.5cm", the new chart shows > the Top tube as "57.5". Or is this just a matter of effective vs actual? > > > https://www.rivbike.com/pages/geometry > vs > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j4r7vqqY-Eo/WMNhwZ4QrZI/AAAAAAAAAeo/zT4Y2eDN714XN_E5TRjDIvOvjf8k42hMQCLcB/s1600/tumblr_nwy5tsXN3B1qe3ngpo1_1280.png> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/rbw-owners-bunch/FS3F8Q7M86g/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- 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.
