Wasn't the original Riv mountain bike built generally along the lines of the All Rounder which was modeled on the Bridgestone XOs, thus with far lower stack than later Rivs?
The 55 cm (c-c) '92 XO-1 had a 56.5 or 57 cm tt and the All Rounder was modeled on this, thus with far less tt slope and shorter head and steerer than later Riv models. My 26" wheel '95 road custom was built with the All Rounder as general model (tho' with steeper angles and road tubing and lugs) -- in fact IIRC it had an even shorter 54 cm c-c st -- with the same tt and only a slight upslope, along with only modestly extended head and steerer. To get a drop bar to fit properly you just had to use a high-rise stem. A Technomic or T Deluxe or Dirt Drop would have worked fine had they been available then, but I got a custom Salsa. For context, my ideal level tt frame size is 60 X 56-57 c-c. Two later 26" wheel road customs had taller frames (57 and 58, c-c), more tt slope, and much more steerer and head extension, so that I could get my Maes Parallels sufficiently high with standard "7" road stems. -- 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/CALuTfgtqW8qt%3DNej644Y3Rsa-tHDA%2B4biuWt44RdP4COaY6K-A%40mail.gmail.com.
