Leah you stated " What’s weird is that I sized up! My PBH would technically fit the 50!"
>From the pictures you posted, your seatpost is almost fully inserted in the seat tube. This indicates the frame is the LARGEST frame for your PBH. However, your need for a LONG reach indicates you need a frame larger than your PBH allows. The RBW geo tables show the Following Effective top tube lengths for the Platy (all in cm) Frame Effective TTL 50 59 55 61.5 60 66.5 So even a 55cm frame only gives you 2.5cm more reach ( Eff TTL (55) - Eff TTL (50) ), which is not enough get you to a normal seat post SB of 2 to 3 cm. A 60cm frame gives toy 7.5cm more reach, allowing a 2/3cm SB seat post and also recuing the stem to 7 to 8cm. If you are using 175mm cranks, you could buy 5mm by using 170mm cranks, allowing you to raise the saddle 5mm and lower the bars 5mm. But that seems like a drop in the bucket. Like I said, the Wayback seat post is nice since it shows "Form is following Function" An alternative is bar which does not come back as far as the Billie bar (8.25" per RBW & a key point, 2" (5cm) longer than an Alba)). This allows the saddle to move forward on the seatpost. Alternately, cut the Billie bar 2cm to shorten it and see if it improves. You could also push the saddle as far forward in the seatpost clamp to move the saddle forward (you probably did this already) John Hawrylak Woodstown NJ On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 1:02:30 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > What’s weird is that I sized up! My PBH would technically fit the 50! > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 15, 2023, at 12:55 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Reflecting on all the setback talk, I *do *think the reach may be > inherently a tad short for the rider in question. I'm the same height as > Leah - possibly even shorter, I'm aging and shrinking! - and Grant designed > my Rivendell with a 54.2 ST, 63 ETT to work with Boscos up way high. It's > perfect. > > > > On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 10:33:09 AM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> I love the new look. I also love the old look! Basically I just love that >> Raspberry Racing Platy ❤️❤️❤️ >> >> On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 6:52:55 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding >> Ding! wrote: >> >>> In the same vein as my Bike Style thread, I’m starting a Bike Makeover >>> thread. >>> >>> Every now and then, I get the urge to change up the look of my favorite >>> Platypus. I have it perfect mechanically, but bags and grips and >>> occasionally, saddles, beg to be changed up. It’s fully autumn here in the >>> Great Lakes State, and my ivory Rivet was looking a little out of season. I >>> was gifted a chestnut Rivet from a dear RivSister, so I decided to pull it >>> out and put it on the bike. I took the brown Ergons from my other Platypus, >>> slapped them on and sent her a photo. >>> >>> “That bike deserves prettier grips. Those are ugly,” she said, giving me >>> the unvarnished truth. >>> >>> I looked again. She was right. Back to the drawing board. I finally >>> found these grips from Rivet Cycle Works - Deb told me she had these but >>> didn’t have them up on the website yet. She had the exact match to my >>> chestnut saddle and days later, I had these gorgeous stamped leather grips >>> in hand. The bike looks positively *tonal.* The colors of the paint >>> throw out so many different shades of pinks and reds, thanks to the >>> abundant glitter in the metallic; adding rich leather accessories only >>> elevates the look. The stamped designs on the leather give the bike some >>> texture and add visual interest at the handlebar area. >>> >>> This Platypus is like a little autumn posey. Perfect and pretty, and >>> wholly appointed to its duty. >>> >>> Now if I can just convince Deb to make these in ivory, so I have a pair >>> to match my ivory Rivet saddle when spring comes… >>> >>> Attached in the next post are the before and afters. >>> Leah >>> >> -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/u_2mo2hU3Xo/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f856ed0e-45fe-49ea-9831-aaacaa76a6b6n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f856ed0e-45fe-49ea-9831-aaacaa76a6b6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/c26c2f87-3b67-42f8-bcea-93787ee850e5n%40googlegroups.com.
