I think the Riv lugs hide the extension better than the plain head tube of something like the New Albion. Plus, the extension on a Riv is actually functional, in that it lets you get the bars higher. On a threadless bike, bar height is really dictated by the steerer length (carbon forks excepted)
On Friday, May 17, 2019, Fullylugged <bruce.herbit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric says: "As a result, bikes with stupid looking extended head tubes > (eg, New Albion Privateer) don't correctly compare the top tube angle." > > This is a Rivendell trend too, starting with the Road Standard around > 1996 and forward. Extended HT was meant to allow quill stems to get up > higher for more comfort. My earlier '95 Road does not have an extended HT > (which is one way to tell it apart from a "Standard"). My Ram does have the > extended HT. I like them both, actually. > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/be107dc4-a8f9-4250-8fb1- > f2dac2b10589%40googlegroups.com. > 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5As6wX0wtsMMhFO82K_8VGoeH%3D6V%3Dur2MLRWrq%2BGJbNQA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
