Retirement intentions? You will need a Cheviot for hauling groceries and those days when you don't want to swing your leg all the way up. Being your size I would recommend a custom Wilbury. You have my endorsement and permission. Screw the guy behind you on the ferry.
Marc On Friday, July 21, 2017 at 5:33:02 PM UTC-4, Jay Connolly wrote: > > Yes, height has its curses when it comes to bicycles. For years I have > ridden bikes with long top tubes (Surlys before Rivs). My first "modern" > bike was a Trek 520. I knew nothing about sizing and geometry when I bought > it. Turned out the sale an sold me a 60 when I needed the next size up. I > could not stand on the bike to climb because a) I'd bang my knees on the > barcons, and b) it was difficult to get my weight sufficiently forward on a > too-small frame. I like a spacious frame. At this point, I don't mind > paying for what I like, but I don't want to create too much redundancy, > either. I like my bikes to have distinct ride characteristics, not subtle > ones. Huge difference between my Joe and my Sam, for instance, despite the > fact that they could be make to ride quite similarly. One of those could go > to the cottage. I wouldn't mind building up a drop-bar mountain rig along > the lines of a Fargo. I'm in no rush to do this, though, and I'll be > interested to see what Riv comes out with in the next year or so. > > Jay > -- 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.
