Welcome to the board LM, and congrats on deciding to go with a riv. regarding your sizing dilemma I vote that you should listen to Rivendell's recommendation. I've heard many people say they've regretted not following the Riv recommended sizing and went too small because of experience with other brands/bikes. Check out this article for great advice: https://www.rivbike.com/kb_results.asp?ID=41
Anyway don't fear the recommendation RBW gave you- they wouldn't steer you wrong. -Matt On Saturday, February 25, 2012 2:14:48 PM UTC-5, Lugmonster wrote: > > Hello all, > > I live in Australia and am thinking of picking up a Riv, either a > Hillborne or a Hilsen. Given shipping issues etc. I'm sweating over > picking the right sized frame. My PBH is 94cm but my height is only > 186cm ie. I have a pretty long bottom half and short top half. The > folks at Riv are suggesting that I should be looking at a 64cm > Hillborne or a 65cm Hilsen. > > Now this to me seems massive, as I seem to be comfortable on an > effective top tube length of about 570mm on a standard racing bike > (56-68cm frame). Any top tube past 580mm and I feel like its a bit of > a stretch. I'm therefore thinking of maybe a smaller Hilsen (?63) or a > 60cm Hillborne. > > I do appreciate that the bars will be higher thus shortening the > distance to handlebars but still it seems like those frames are a bit > stretched out for me. Anyone with a similar build who has had > experiences positive or negative with Riv sizing? Could you provide > some advice? Thanks! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/26B9l5CupqAJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
