Doug, Will is probably leading you in the right direction. Some data points that might help you from my 54 Roadini. Shod with 700X42s, the standover height is 32". I'm 6'0" with a 85 PBH/74cm saddle height. My saddle height gives me 5 inches of seatpost visible, so you'd be down to 2.5".
Interestingly, I just checked the geometry chart and there's only 1.3cm of difference in effective top tube between the 50 (55.2cm) and the 54 (56.5cm). I'm no bike fit expert (I figure if nothing's hurting all is good!) but I'd figure the difference of a single cm is just a stem choice away. As Will has alluded to in the emails, it's easy to get the bars comfortably high (though I actually ride this one with the bars a smidge below saddle) without having to size up. I'm loving my Roadini and hope you love your soon-to-be-Roadini. Cheers, Brian Glendale, CA On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 7:51:21 AM UTC-8 Johnny Alien wrote: > It depends how you want it set up but if you are going for more of a > traditional road bike the 54 would ride like a 57 or something around > there. A 50 would ride more like a 54. > > On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 10:14:28 AM UTC-5 Doug H. wrote: > >> I had an email exchange with Will at Rivendell and he suggested a size 50 >> Roadini for me. I'm 5'10" with an 83 PBH and 71.5" saddle height. Since >> that size is in stock I'll probably get a frameset to build up. Thanks all. >> Doug >> >> On Friday, December 8, 2023 at 12:18:39 PM UTC-5 John Dewey wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 5:28:34 PM UTC-8 Doug H. wrote: >>> >>> Frameset or complete would work. >>> Doug Hansford >>> Athens, Ga >>> >>> -- 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/8b672515-ce5b-4843-b2ed-a69a030dc1b3n%40googlegroups.com.
