Thanks Chris for the advice. I’m guessing that you were straddling a 58cm, which has roughly an 85cm standover, with 32ish-mm tires.
Although with shoes on, I’d think you’d be able to at least stand over that bike. > On Feb 19, 2018, at 9:46 PM, Christopher Murray <chrispmurra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > In 2012 I went to Rivendell with the intent of getting a 56cm Sam. I was in > San Francisco for business and was hoping to bring it home with me. Waterford > was making them at the time. I have a 84.75cm PBH and have a 57cm Bleriot, > 56cm Quickbeam, 55cm Appa. I'd also ridden a 56cm Atlantis and 56cm Ram. > Kevin was there and he got the bike ready for me and.... it didn't fit. I > couldn't stand over the top tube. I went home empty handed. I recently talked > to Riv about the 55.5cm Rosco and Grant said it should fit but couldn't > explain why the 56cm Sam didn't. The best guess was it was actually a 58cm. I > passed on the Rosco because I couldn't shake that experience with the Sam. > With a 58cm and a PBH of 85, I'd be concerned about stand over height > especially with bigger tires. I think the 55cm would be the safe choice. > > Good luck! > > Chris > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/wZ74lmv3M_Q/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
