How about the article in the latest BQ where the 6'4" guy is on the 59cm bike riding 171 mm cranks!
No way Jose! RGZ On Wednesday, May 9, 2012, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > I earned the ire and exasperation of a shop employee when said > employee was trying to persuade a young man at least 6'4" tall that he > needed a -- wait for it! -- 56 cm. I snorted and growled and > spluttered and finally broke out in tones of dismay and disgust that, > hell, even I at at short-legg'd 5'10" had a very comfortable 60 cm > bike. I think the customer walked. > > (Psst! Don't tell anyone, but my first custom Riv Road was a 54 c-c! I > told Grant I wanted to try to get it on the Riv gallery and he said, > "Don't you dare!") > > Patrick "comfortable on 60s as long as the tts are short" Moore, who > loves his Fargo because it has a road-bike-like 57 cm effective tt. > > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Allan in Portland > <allan_f...@aracnet.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 11:15:59 PM UTC-7, Statrixbob wrote: > >> > >> And the only bike I regret buying was fat-tubed, but too small road bike > >> about 25+ years ago. I was riding a "too big" Schwinn road bike and got > >> talked into buying a new bike that was the "right size." I wish I'd > kept the > >> Schwinn...with any luck it's still on the road. As > > > > > > At the risk of taking this off-topic, I find it incredibly hard not to > > comment when someone is beaming over their new bike that is 2 to 4 > _inches_ > > too small. Just yesterday my neighbor, that had been talking about > getting a > > new Kona all winter long pulled up on what looked to be 56 "Honky Tonk". > He > > is about 6', maybe even 6'1". WTH? He's got 2 or 3 inches on me, and I'm > > riding a 59. > > > > Believe me, I'll never be a downer over anyone's new bike, but aye, they > > sure make it hard don't they. > > > > -Allan > > > > -- > > 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/-/wnCLxeRdiV8J. > > To post to this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<javascript:;> > . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > ------------------------- > > A billion stars go spinning through the night > Blazing high above your head; > But in you is the Presence that will be > When all the stars are dead. > > Rainer Maria Rilke, Buddha in Glory > > -- > 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-bunch@googlegroups.com<javascript:;> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- 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-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.
