Hey Gino, like Jon say, size it by TT, not PBH. That's the answer you're looking for. Good luck.
Did you see that Gunnar now makes a touring bike? On Jun 30, 5:37 pm, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a 60cm CC and a 62cm Rambouillet and 63cm Hilsen. The 60cm > Surly feels a tad out of whack because the head tube is short, making > it difficult to get the bars at the right height. I did try a 62cm CC > years ago and it felt way too big but that was before I had a Riv. I > definitely wouldn't get a 62cm CC even now. Because of the higher BB > height the CC feels odd with large tires on it. > > If I were going to do it over again I'd get an LHT which has a much > taller headtube. > > Why don't you just couple the Bleriot you have? > > --mike > > On Jun 30, 12:25 pm, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Gino Zahnd<ginoza...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > For those of you who ride a Rivendell, and also ride a Surly Cross Check > > > or > > > Travelers Check, what are the sizing differences? > > > > It looks like top tube is going to be the best bet on sizing a Surly, but > > > if > > > you know of any amazing secrets, please let me in! > > > > I'm currently trying to decide whether or not to couple one of my Rivs for > > > all the travel I do, or to just build up a Surly Travelers Check. > > > I have both - i ride a 65cm Redwood and a 62cm CrossCheck, and the fit > > is very similar. I have a 2cm shorter stem on the CrossCheck, but same > > bars and saddle. I haven't measured precisely, but the contact points > > are almost identical between the two, mainly the bars are about 1-2cm > > lower on the CrossCheck. > > > -- > > Bill Connell > > St. Paul, MN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
