>From a purely aesthetic perspective I would want to balance out the amount of Stem extension, Seat-post extension, Headtube length and wheel proportion, all the while trying to get a bike that fits and rides well.
While I like the look of an 80's square dimensioned bike I would (and have) had to use a Tallux or a Dirt Drop to get the bars even with the saddle where I want them. I would also need a short stem extension to go along with the largest frame I could straddle with not much seatpost showing. So overall I prefer about a 2-3° slope, with a lug extension like Rivendell does. This gives a bit more than a fist full of post, a bit extra standover and a stem that goes up about as much as it goes out. I'm also OK with the looks of slopes up to about 6°, after that it starts to look mountain bikey, which still looks good if you run 2"+ knobbies. With the fat tires I prefer I also think 650b looks best on a Med frame, with the added bonus of ridding great. -Dave J On Saturday, March 29, 2014 5:22:08 PM UTC-4, George Schick wrote: > > Thought this topic that's being bantered around on the Chicago-based > "ChainLink" blog about sloping top tubes: > http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/slopey-top-tubes > > Some of the responses are right on the mark, others are way off. > Interesting to see the variance of opinions. If I belonged to this forum > I'd be tempted to dig up that photo of old "safety" bikes from way back > that Grant posted a while back, all of which had very sloping top tubes, > and show it to 'em. > > -- 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/d/optout.
