Michael, It doesn't matter if it's a bicycle or a computer or you name it. Take the advice given and put together a plan of troubleshooting.
Before buying or trading for a new frame in most cases if your contact points are the same the difference when you are looking at 2 cm is not going to effect handling as much as looks. So get the bike right and enjoy. So you've said that the bike is really comfortable... and people have said to check stem, seat to crank relationship, saddle height and some other things I would ignore.. but hey what can I say. Make a list and make changes one at a time. NO do not accept that a bike hurts you .. it shouldn't .. well unless you just haven't ridden for a long time.. then start out at 5 mile rides and work up... anyway... I digress. So first question ... Has it ever worked. IE: do you have a bike that doesn't hurt? If so are the contact point identical? Another way is .. do you have a known good reference to work from? Then for me I would go for the easy changes first.... how I would do it doesn't make it right fyi :) 1. change the seat height .. go too low then up till it feels good to you.. not what some chart says. 2. if the saddle is all the way back .. move it forward a tad.. then a tad more or too much.. we are after back pain.. not reach at the moment. if the forward saddle fixes back pain then add a longer stem later. 3. next 4 next It was mentioned to make one change at a time... please trust your body and your thoughts more than any of us. Charts are starting points not working points. Even if it's not perfect, if you can change the problem you have found the beginning of the solution. Good luck Kelly On Monday, January 21, 2013 5:19:09 PM UTC-6, Michael wrote: > > According to the Rivendell Bleriot sizing chart in the Bleriot Flyer, as >> posted on the cyclofiend site, I fall smack dab into the 55 size. >> I was surprised how large I look on it whe I first saw the pics. I had >> never seen myself on it before and always thought it would look bigger >> under me. >> >> > However; I have gone from an 8cm stem to 7cm because the reach felt too > far even when I had the saddle in the mid section with the 8cm stem. > > BTW I'll be glad to trade if someone wants a 55 and has a 57, or a 56 > Ram? > -- 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/-/_F8P02o0z3AJ. 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.
