Hi Will, I was in exactly the same situation as you, 82PBH and I think they stated 83 as the minimum for the 55 Sam (I think the sizing has changed a bit now so not sure if it will make a difference). I ended up up going with the larger model (55 over 51), although it does feel a little taller than my other bikes, its totally rideable and enabled me to reuse a 700c wheel set I had around so win win! I do ride with set back bars so I guess it might be a different story with drops as it would be a fair reach.
I guess if you can try both of them it would be ideal....I know its not always that easy. Dom On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 9:42:00 AM UTC+9 will...@yahoo.com wrote: > > I am 5'11" on a good day. My PBH is 82CM. > > I really want a Sam but am not overly enthusiastic about running 650B > wheels and tires. Would really prefer 700C. I have lots of parts on hand > and all of it is 700C. > > The challenge is that the 54cm Sam they sell these days requires minimum > PBH of 83CM, if I go down to a 51cm Sam, they take 650B wheels. > > Did Riv ever make a smaller Sam that is compatible with my 82PBH that was > 700c? > > Is there another model similar to the Sam that fits my requirements? > -- 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/90bc717e-69a8-4cf4-8063-74e70d55a950n%40googlegroups.com.
