Ryan, I ride with Albatross bars. The TT on the Atlantis 650b 50cm and the 51cm Appaloosa are the same. Given that it would be just a touch easier, in my mind, to get the bars higher on the Appaloosa but maybe I am wrong. My standover is a bit more than 80.5. The TT slightly brushed me on the 51 Appaloosa but not in a bad way. The old Riv philosophy was to ride the largest frame you could to get the bars high and show little TT. With the ne philosophy of having less frame sizes that seems to have changed. I like the Appaloosa a lot, I love the orange, just looks very classy.
On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 12:30 PM Ryan M. <[email protected]> wrote: > If I remember correctly, the Appaloosa was designed with the Chaco bars in > mind, so more swept back and has a longer top tube length. > > I have a 51 cm Appaloosa and have had the Chaco moose bars on it > originally and now have a set of Bullmoose bars on it. The change in riding > position was noticeable between the two bars but neither are bad And both > are pleasant. I changed bars mostly as an experiment and could go back to > the chacos in the future. Anyway, it seems like the Atlantis would be a > little more friendly for drop bars if you were thinking about them...maybe > a little shorter reach. Stand over probably is pretty comparable between > the two. I’m personally over drop bars after having realized I never ride > in the drops. > > I’m 5’6.5” - 5’ 7” tall depending on how my body feels that day, with a > 79pbh that I have self measured several times. The stand over height of the > Appaloosa does not bother me. > > Just some data points. I have owned and ridden a 48c Sam Hillborne, 51cm > Roadeo, 53cm Toyo built Atlantis with 26” wheels, 51cm Appaloosa and now a > 51.5cm Frank Jones Sr. They all seemed to fit me fine. > > -- > 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/3MF1dh4K_zk/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/889c33a5-89bc-4d93-959e-d9e38f401464o%40googlegroups.com > . > -- ~IMPORTANT~ Note to all~~ EMAIL ETIQUETTE If you forward this email, please highlight and delete the forwarding history, which includes my email address and maybe others. It is a courtesy to me and others who may not wish to have their email addresses sent all over the world. Erasing the history helps prevent Spammers from obtaining addresses, prevents viruses from being propagated, and limits the proliferation of spam. Also, please use the “BCC” area instead of “TO” and “CC” when forwarding to several people at once. ~~Thank you~~ -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAPjfky_OTceexWd6JFsCbuKqJC4gQ141TVxGziHFJf0Vmi7LOQ%40mail.gmail.com.
