Light-to-medium touring? I would do it on my Saluki, I think. Probably not fully loaded, though. Good wheels would be key, probably.
Yeah -- the 48cm Hillborne has an effective top-tube of 54cm! When I bought it I even had it set up as a flat-bar hybrid, and while I reached the bars wholly stretched out, the whole thing was just so ... large. It just felt like a whale! All the best, Liz Washington, DC On Friday, September 5, 2025 at 8:16:21 PM UTC-4 Bob K. wrote: > Thanks, Liz—very helpful! The Lugged Roadini is beautiful, but is it > capable of handling light-medium touring loads? Great info about the Sam. I > wouldn’t have imagined that a 48cm would be so huge. > > Bob > > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM Elisabeth Sherwood <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Bob, >> >> Given the dearth of available small-size Rivs out there, I would highly >> recommend that she just bite the bullet and get one of the 47cm lugged >> Roadinis! Basically the same geometry as the original 47cm Salukis and A. >> Homer Hilsons. >> >> (p.s. if you happen to find a 48cm Sam Hillborne, definitely *do not* >> imagine that it will fit her. I'm also 5'2", and that was my first >> Rivendell purchase. In 2008 or 2009 or so? Huge... It ultimately went to >> my 5'8" boyfriend, and it fits him well. [On the bright side, that huge >> 48cm bicycle piqued my interest in bicycle geometry...]) >> >> Liz S. >> Washington, DC >> >> >> >> On Friday, September 5, 2025 at 3:11:15 PM UTC-4 Bob K. wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have a friend who's been searching casually for a Rivendell for a >>> while, specifically something with a flat-ish top tube, in the 47-49 size >>> range. She's about 5'2". Don't know her PBH yet, but she'll need the >>> smallest size in any/all model mentioned above. Open to others. Intended >>> use is town and road riding and some occasional light-medium touring. >>> >>> The small sizes don't seem to come up too often, so I thought I'd throw >>> it out there to the list. Please reach out directly if you have anything >>> you might be interested in parting with! >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Bob K. in Baltimore >>> >> -- >> 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/Hwj0HIC56pc/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2a0189b6-e6a5-4bdc-8b66-343c36e36f2en%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2a0189b6-e6a5-4bdc-8b66-343c36e36f2en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Bob > 443 278 4265 <(443)%20278-4265> > > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9ec03182-2152-46ef-ada5-50dbb131e2d6n%40googlegroups.com.
