Adrianna, I would submit that this bike is kinda small for you. Most gals 5'5" are more of a traditional size 51/52, and would have a longer top tube. The closest recent Riv would be the Rambouillet . Check out sizing specs etc on it, the 50 and 52 were the 26" wheel also. Grant would have told you to be on a 54.
Possibly you could make it fit, but .....something that fits most gals like this would end up with saddle pretty high relative to bars. Maybe good for road, but not so mush on gravel/dirt. I think this is a gorgeous frameset and "worth" the money. To get something of this caliber made today would be pushing 3K. I would bet on the 125mm spacing being a typo, as 125mm was out of style for a long time before that. my .02 $ On Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 12:45:13 PM UTC-7 Adrianna T wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I went to see Joe B at the Marin Museum of Bicycling to see if I want the > Riv Road Standard bike frame. > > Details were somewhat unclear and as this group pointed out, it's hard to > tell size and fit when the bike is not built up. > > So further details are posted her (on my personal page): > > https://skinnylatte.notion.site/Riv-Bike-e56ddf417ee54e788e3a445eafc46f44 > > Joe also called Grant and provided this update: > > " After talking with Grant, and trying a few more wheels, it appears the > frameset is for 26x1.4" wheels (MTB, 559 bead seat size). So tires would be > 35mm max, 32mm more like it. "Pre-1999 for sure," says Grant." > > My main question is: I previously thought this might be *just nice*, now I > am not so sure. > > Anyone see anything interesting about the new information here? I still > want it very badly of course, and that's maybe why I can't be objective > about it ;/ > -- 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/bbdc0a68-7a49-46d4-a67c-af401dbe1df0n%40googlegroups.com.
