I've always heard that that you should go for a lower standover on a tandem, which infers more seatpost showing. How un-Rivendell! ;)
Any Rivendellian would look at my tandem and say it doesn't fit you, and they'd probably be right. But what the heck, it's the tandem I have, 350mm seat posts and quill extenders notwithstanding! On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 5:43 PM, ewb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bill, > > I am looking to buy an Ibis touché. I am not sure of the exact size yet, > but I am afraid that it may be a small. What size is yours? Do you think > the Riv principles for sizing apply to a tandem? I would appreciate any > advice on sizing this tandem that you could give me (I am about 5' 9.5"). > > Thanks, > Ernie > > > On Thursday, February 7, 2013 1:37:40 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> Sadly my Ibis Touche won't take much wider than a Jack Brown. I have >> Jack Browns on there now, and a set of 35mm Paselas in the stash. If I >> could wave my magic wand at the rear triangle to make room for 45mm tires, >> I would. The fork is ready to take fatties. I guess all I need is to move >> the bridges and squish the chainstays, which is a maneuver any number of >> framebuilders could execute for me. >> >> On Wednesday, February 6, 2013 10:53:35 PM UTC-8, Salween wrote: >>> >>> Don't know if Grant and Co. will ever produce a tandem, so in the >>> meantime will be getting one elsewhere. >>> >>> Seems like most tandems out there follow the skinny tire theme, with the >>> exception of R+E in Seattle and Bilenky in Philadelphia, and even their >>> tire clearances don't seem to push as far north as nearly all Riv singles. >>> So wondering if there are any tandem riders here and what tire widths they >>> prefer. On my Sam I ride 33/35mm tires often on marginal roads. So >>> wondering what that might translate to on a 700c tandem? >>> >> -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
