I've been playing around with this old Trek MTB. It's a 57cm with the 55mm Big Apples on it. I never thought I would be comfortable (psychologically) riding a bike this big but on pavement I feel quite secure and comfortable. I still would not want to take it on any kind of rough service where quick dismounting might be needed. I basically have no standover. My experience is that a tall bike with 26" wheels only looks strange if it has narrow-ish tires on it. Check out the LHT on Surly's main frame page. That is a weird looking bike.
<https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XsM5t6zBuc8/Useiqvga93I/AAAAAAAAAA4/_bbtTlVVdq0/s1600/IMG_1685.JPG> On Friday, January 3, 2014 10:16:23 PM UTC-6, sameness wrote: > 5"11", roughly 86 PBH, my primary (only) functional bike at the moment > being a 59cm '92 Bridgestone XO-1. > > I can't run tires bigger than just under 1.5" actual, and as currently > shod in 1.25", the proportions are admittedly a little unsettling at first > glance. > > I can't tell you how many people have offered up the purportedly helpful > advice that my bike is waaaay too big for me. I have more than a fistful of > seatpost showing, a healthy inch of straddle room, and could quite happily > go for another centimeter or two of top tube. > > But I don't blame them. It looks like a *6*9cm until you realize those > are mountain wheels. > > Steering is... lively with small wheels and narrowish tires, but I can get > used to just about any bike after an hour or two. Seconding iamkeith above, > acceleration is quite quick, which makes it fun on trails. > > I'll be building up a 1986 Diamondback Apex in a couple of weeks for LA > commuter duty, and though I've never actually seen the frame in person, I'm > guessing it's about 58x60 C-to-C. I have no plans to put anything bigger > than 1.75" on it, so will report back on how she goes out on the mean > streets. > > Jeff Hagedorn > Warragul, VIC Australia > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
