FWIW I too have a pbh of 84 and ride a 52 sam with delight. Thought
About needing a bigger frame but am often happy with the top tube
clearance especially
in trails.
Cheers,
Adam
On Sep 23, 10:04 am, Peter M uscpeter11...@gmail.com wrote:
Need someone who owns a HIllborne who can tell me what
PBH 82.5: the 56 was just a touch big but doable; a 54 would be
perfect (doesn't exist), so the 52 was fine. Seems like at 84, 56'd
be ideal.
ts
berkeley
On Sep 23, 1:02 pm, Jay robin...@gmail.com wrote:
Another data point here.
I've got a 56 cm Sam and a PBH ~86.
I wouldn't mind a bit more
You should be fine. I have an 83 PBH and ride a 56cm Sam with 40mm
slicks or 42mm semi knobbies, even on rough single track. Plenty of
crashes and dismounts, and no damage to the tender bits (yet).
The advantage is that I can get drop bars high enough to mount a stem-
mounted child seat (Bobike
I have a PBH of 84.5 (5' 10 165) and a 56 Sam. My Sam is a great
bike. I rode the 52 and it felt a little small. I am mostly riding on
road although I have had the Sam on a few fire trails and it is great.
There was some debate at Riv HQ about sizing as 84 -85 is the tipping
point between the two
I'm riding Andrew's old Sam now. PBH of 82.5 and 5' 10'. Not a whole
lot of clearance, but not problem at all. Ride is very comfortable.
On Sep 23, 3:02 pm, Bruce Baker bkno...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a PBH of 82.5 and am 5' 10 and have a 56cm Hillborne. I don't have
a lot of clearance
but
maybe more importantly than pbh and standover, i have 56 sam, one of
the earlier models that has a shorter top tube, i think 57. anyway. i
have a saddle height of 756mm and a reach of 53 cm and the fit on the
bike is perfect with noodles and a 9cm stem.
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Another data point here.
I've got a 56 cm Sam and a PBH ~86.
I wouldn't mind a bit more clearance.
If I were an 84 I'd want to try the 54.
Jay
On Sep 23, 8:04 pm, Peter M uscpeter11...@gmail.com wrote:
Need someone who owns a HIllborne who can tell me what the real
standover is on the 56cm.
I'm an 87, and I owned a 56 Sam. With Jack Browns I found the standover to
be right at the 83.4 they claim. I can't see a particular reason a true 85
would have a problem with a 56 Sam, especially considering Grant himself ran
a 60 Sam for a while with few complaints or issues besides that it
