Edwin asked how I picked the size. I own two Black Mountain Road Frames already. They are both 59cm. Mike changed the sizing a while ago. If I was buying one of his road frames today, I don't know if I'd buy a 60 or a 58. I talked to Mike in person once or twice, and we agreed that if I was in my 20s I might have run a 56. I'm 49 and don't need my bars super low, so a 58 made more sense. My Saddle Height is 75.5cm. If I was buying a Rivendell Roadeo, I'd get a 59. I fit well on a 55 Joe Appaloosa. We'll see how the standover works out. I might get time to mock up the standover with my 29"x2.0 knobbies tonight.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 3:06:47 PM UTC-8, Edwin W wrote: > > Bill, > > How did you pick the size, and what are the sizes of your other bikes? > > I have looked at those frames before, but after seeing your post I went > and looked at them some more. It really does seem "dumb not to buy one" as > you say! What sensible bikes. > > If I had some 2-3 hour mountain bike rides in my future, I sure would want > one of those. > > Mostly just biking from A to B on my Joe Appaloosa, > > Edwin > > On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 12:31:33 PM UTC-6, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> I finally bought a BMC Monstercross frameset. Why? Because it's dumb >> not to buy one. The only thing that had been stopping me was the >> horizontal dropouts, because vertical dropouts are categorically better. >> Since the last time I decided horizontal dropouts were a dealkiller, I've >> acquired 4 bikes with horizontal dropouts, and guess what? I didn't die. >> Vertical dropouts are better, but horizontals are not the end of the >> world. The BRIGHT green colorway of the latest batch made it >> irresistable. So, new bike day? The build will be a drop bar mountain >> bike. No racks, no lights, no fenders. It'll be used for 2-3 hour >> mountain bike rides. I'll post photos when there is something to look at. >> I have a couple small details to iron out. >> >> In the meantime, there have been a couple gram-counter threads recently, >> and I thought I'd offer up another datapoint while I have a bare frame and >> fork: >> >> A 58cm Black Mountain Monstercross frame, with Cane Creek 40 headset cups >> pressed in, weighs 2257g >> The fork with a crown race installed and an uncut threadless steerer is >> 1057g >> >> Use that data for whatever you like. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> > -- 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.
