The unique thing about typical Riv builds is they're surprisingly flexible on stack and reach - of course, stack is easily adjusted by the long quill stems to suit your fancy, but also the reach becomes much less sensitive if you run a swept bar like an Albatross because there's enough fore-aft room that your hands just naturally find a comfortable position along the bar.
For a Sam, my suggestion is to run the Albatross bar and an 11cm Tallux stem and see how it feels. This bar / stem puts the hands in a pretty natural position for the Sam's ETT and steers nice. Quite likely, your natural hand position will land in the good zone with this setup On Monday, 9 January 2023 at 06:42:15 UTC-8 Davey Two Shoes wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I'm building up a Sam Hillborne and this is my first Riv build. I'm not > sure where to start with stack and reach. Coming from your typical roadie > fit I'm not sure how much shorter to make my reach and taller to make my > stack in order to get that coveted Rivendell riding position. I'm trying to > get this right with as few stem purchases and bar wrap jobs as possible! > Are there any general rules of thumb here? This build will be a drop bar > build. > > My handlebar (not frame) XY position is as follows: > Stack 626mm > Reach 498mm > Appreciate any help you can give me! > > For reference, my Fred Sled: (excuse the flat tires)[image: > puuuuurple.jpg] > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d444c752-ca19-46eb-a1f4-b96283786384n%40googlegroups.com.
