This from the Riv site regarding the AHH: 65-71cm: $2400. These sizes come with a second top tube (2tt). The 2tt adds triangulation and the strength and anti-twisty stiffness that comes with it, to frames that could use that, due to their longer head tubes. Some people object to the unusual look, but there are hundreds of thousands of examples of 2tt bikes in the world, and it is a feature that came about to solve a problem. So if you're tall, embrace your gangliness and get the 2tt bike. If you're tall and light and will ne'er ride with any sort of weight on it, you can get a tall Homer with 1tt...but you don't save money doing that, and the bike is worse. So....?
That said, I once mentioned my desire for double tt 56cm Hillborne while at Riv and they said the second tt was not needed in the 56 size frame. I guess they tried it for a while with the 56 Sam and came to the conclusion that it was superfluous. I still dig the look. John On Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 1:51:07 PM UTC-7, drew wrote: > > What I meant was, that it is, for me, purely aesthetic. Also, knowing that > I can't get a double tube riv in my size, other than a 56 sam, without > going custom, is part of it. Ride wise, I doubt I'm gaining much. I like > the look, it's unique. Mechanically and logically, it makes little sense > I'm sure -- 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.
