Oh, that makes sense! It's just a Bill being thoughtful for visitors thing. Thanks! :)
Roberta On Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 12:12:24 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > That was my quote, and I'm sorry that I confused you two. I can > re-explain it if either of you need it explained. > > A 58cm Betty Foy would have fit me great with drop bars. That's why I > bought the frame. It turns out somebody local needed that frame before I > managed to execute the build, so I never did the build. > > A 55cm Betty Foy had identical numbers except a shorter seat tube. That > means it would have fit identically on me with 3cm more seatpost showing. > It would have been identical in fit with drop bars. > > A 55cm Betty Foy would not be a better fit than a 58cm Betty Foy for me > with drop bars. Stack and reach are the same, so the fit is the same. The > shorter seat tube could have given me the option to loan the bike to > shorter people. I think the 58 would have looked better. > > That's all > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 7:35:03 AM UTC-8, Joe Bernard wrote: >> >> The only benefit to a frame having a shorter seattube relative to its >> effective toptube length is a shorter person who likes that much reach can >> ride it. I didn't really understand the quote you're asking about because >> the seattube change wouldn't make the bike a better candidate for dropbars. > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/292f20fe-b21c-4e2f-a102-15cd603a76a2%40googlegroups.com.
