My partner and I did this for a while with a 60cm Cheviot. She's 5' 6" and I'm 6' 4". It worked but it wasn't really ideal, too much compromise in fit and even though it only took a few minutes to adjust the bars and saddle I just got tired of having to futz with the bike all the time. If you do decide to do it swept back bars like ablas are essential imo otherwise the reach disparity will probably be an issue. It was amazing that we could share a bike though given the difference in our height. One other thing was even though she technically fit in terms of saddle height and being able to reach the bars the bike always seemed too big for her, it was hard for her to handle such a long bike and get it in and out of our apartment. If your wife only rides once a month or so it might be fine.
I think Adam's advice is good. My partner loves her medium MB-1. It has swept back riser bars, a front rack with basket, and easy gears. It fits her great and most importantly it's HERS. She has gotten into working on it some and adding her own touches. She is stoked and so am I. On Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 7:49:23 PM UTC-7, Sean Steinle wrote: > > So, I've never really looked at the Clem L until today, especially not at > the geometry chart. Didn't realize the sizes catered to such wide ranges, > which of course makes sense with a step-through. Here's the dilemma, my > wife is 5'2", just measured her PBH at 73.5 cm. If I was buying a Clem just > for her, it would be the 45, no brainer. I'm 5'10", PBH 86.5, so at the > high end of a 52. Here's why I want to do it: > > > - My wife doesn't ride *that *often, so it's hard to justify spending > Riv money on a bike for her. > - I just bought a beautiful, but expensive rando bike, but it almost > feels too nice to commute on. I feel like something in a lower price tier > would be a bit more freeing. Locking it up outside of a store on the way > home, leaving it outside on a slushy day instead of dragging my rando > through the office (I'm not locking it outside, period). > - Lastly, I just really want a Riv, and I feel like this shared > (multi-purpose, minimalist, need I go on?) bike thing could be the ticket > with my wife. > > My vision for the 52 Clem L: Foul weather (or just all the time, we'd see > how it goes) commuter for me. Then when we go on family rides, my wife will > hop on the Clem and I'll take the rando bike. > > So what's my reservation? I think a 52 Clem would work just fine for me, > and I think my wife could fit it with a slammed seat post, the question is, > could I find a cockpit that she could reach that wouldn't leave me feeling > squished when I'm riding it? Thoughts on this idea in general would be > appreciated! > > > -- 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.
