Do feel that my Sam Hillborne works well with drop bars. However, the riding position is eversoslightly longer than I'd call absolute perfect. But my own setup for bar reach is based on this type of thinking - http://tinyurl.com/yokuh9
It's the way I did things before was even aware of that Mr. Moulton's post on the subject. Yes, my bars are above saddle height. Although have lowered things recently on the Hillborne so they are only about 2 to 4 cm above saddle level. With a 10cm Dirt Drop stem on my 56cm Hillborne everything is close enough. In retrospect, a 60cm frame would probably look better (less seatpost showing). However, the reach would be too long. As to the Hunqapillar, the extra 1.5cm in top tube length on the 58cm would have required me to look for a 7cm stem, if I was going to use drop bar on that bike. Or, probably, run with the bars 4 to 6cm above the saddle height. Did straddle a 62 (or 61?) cm Quickbeam last year. With an 11 or so cm stem. The reach had my arms totally straight out and was extremely uncomfortable. Although that should be the proper frame size for my measurements. Am 5'11" with a PBH of 89. Am also overweight. So maybe my own setup preference is due to less ability to really tuck down and get into a nice flat back aero position? Eric Platt St. Paul, MN -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
