Hey So I've been enjoying my Roadini and taking it on everything from paved roads/dirt roads to some chunky stuff. I'm 5 foot 7 with short legs, 670 ish saddle height with 155 cranks. The Roadini is a size 50 which has a 55 ETT. I'm running a 70mm stem with short reach drops. I'm a little on the edge of sizing with the bike. Also, every time I throw the 32mm tires back on after riding 44s for a while, I prefer the handling and am thinking about a switch to a similar 650b bike so I can get the sameish wheel diameter size with a 42/48 to maintain that feeling with a wider tire. I've had a few 650b bikes but they were all low trail, which I decided I don't really like after all. The 48cm Sam is 650b and I'm wondering if I'll be giving up any of the more road-ish feel of the bike with the same build but in 650b form on the Sam? Seems the Sam would be a little more versatile and have better braking options, but a degree slacker STA and the HTA down to 71 from 72 on he 650b Homer. Wheelbase is about 10mm longer on the Homer. Anybody have any experience here? The other possibility for me is possibly getting a custom bike made, but we're talking double the price so I'm curious if maybe I could make the Sam work.
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