Oh, no need for more precise measurements. Thanks, though! Thinking about it more, I think that there are simply too many variables. I think my long-term best hope (and this is long-term... a couple years, maybe) would be for my wife to look at / try on a Betty in person. The paint job alone would help a lot. Having seen one, I know they look even better than they do in photographs. If she happens to land on a 58, I think I could enjoy riding it some times, even if it is a bit small. However, if she lands on a 52, well... then I guess I may have to get a 62 later, even if it is some large while later.
Meanwhile, I think I could suffer along, being forced to ride my Hillborne for a while. Maybe two or three whiles. Man, it is a sweet bike. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Oct 8, 6:07 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I was getting the Betty just for me, then I'd have gotten the 62 as > it fits me better. However, save for the fact that I too would like to > be able to raise the bars a bit higher and at this point cannot (Nitto > stem is at maximum extension) it's still a pretty good fit. > > I'm 5'11" with a PBH of about 89. I can't recall what my daughter's > PBH are, but they are about 5'7" and the saddle comes almost all the > way down into the seat post so it fits them well. Remember I have the > spring B17 Flyer which is taller than an unsprung saddle so I'm pretty > sure your wife at 5'6" should also be able to fit on the 58. I tested > both but just followed the guidelines on the Betty's page to do a > quick assessment on whether it would fit my daughters, we were all > within the printed ranges for the 58. > > If you want more exact measurements i can provide them. My oldest > daughter's initial feedback was that she would like to have the > handlebars a liitle closer to her (shorter stem) but that it was OK as > it was. We'll see what her feedback is after we do our next S24O in > Angel Island in Thanksgiving. She won't get to really ride it until > then when she comes home from Berkeley. > > Maybe I can convince my youngest daughter to go on a ride with me... > Isn't that ironic? There's a Betty in the house yet Dad still has to > beg to have company on a ride... > > René -- 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.
