Garth, I'm just a bit different size than you and have been paying pretty close attention to this bike. Based on how you describe yourself, and what I've figured out about how the sizing >just< misses the mark for me, I actually the 59 will be almost perfect for you. Made to measure, almost!
While they aren't as easy to find, I think there have been some pretty good clues as to the geometry specifics. For instance, I think we know that the chainstay length matches the seat tube height (was stated somewhere, if I recall). We know that the bottom bracket drop will be about 78mm (extrapolating from 34.75 standover height on 60mm tires, compared to numbers for Sam Hillbourne, with a similarly sloped top tube, on 45mm tires.) Don't know the top tube length, but pretty sure it's longer than your bombadil - so therefore higher at the front. And it shouldn't matter as much anyway, if you used the Bosco bars that it was designed for. If you're 6'-2" and can ride a 60 bombadil, the clearance shouldn't be a problem for you on the Clem, even with the biggest 60mm tires. That's where it falls apart for me. I'm 6'-1 1/2" but with a shorter inseam, and the published numbers tell me that I'll need shoes with some pretty tall soles if I want any clearance at all. On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 8:04:10 AM UTC-7, Garth wrote: > I > Define "fit" .... lol ! As each has their own distinct idea of it , and > rightly so . I ride a 60cm. Bombadil and find it just barely tall enough > in the front end and long enough for me(w/130mm stem) , and I'm "only" 6'2" > with average proportions. > > Specs have been absent for the Clem , as if they didn't matter or > something .... I don't know their thought process . Frame size, the height > of the seat tube, is not all that important to me. How long the TT is and > how tall the front end to the top of the headset, IS ! So just telling us > a 59 will fit up to 6'4" is ironically, akin to the same sales pitch many > bike shops have been using for decades. One size just doesn't fit all > preferences(nor can it !), and that is not a knock at anyone , it's just > the truth of it ;-) . > -- 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.
