Well, I did say *about* 72cm. I've been happily riding a 55cm Crust Lightning Bolt for the past three years (which is 58 c-t seat tube) so would be pretty comfortable on up to a 57 I feel, especially set up with the bars etc left over from my Clem. Hard to give a hard and fast 'wanted' measurement on Sams as they've varied over the years too (currently 54, been 55, 56 etc etc.)
51cm would be a no-go for me as (as I've posted above) a) I don't want another 650b right now and b) want to use the parts left over from the Clem, including the pretty expensive wheelset that's gathering dust right now & c) I wouldn't want a lot of seatpost showing as I'm just not a fan of when classically styled frames end up looking more like compact frame geo. Looking back at older Rivs they weren't set up the way many are now: they looked much more like traditional tourers, which is what I prefer. More French Fit, if you like. Done a lot of research on Bike Insights too, so, as far as a Sam would go at least, 54-56...*possibly* 57 would be good (and given how this is a needle in a haystack kind of search here in Europe, I don't want to be ruling too many sizes out - it makes sense, honestly ;) ) BTW, in the catalogue I posted up-thread Riv were recommending their 58cm Sams at the time as being suitable for 5' 8" and upwards... -- 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/97d2133d-28be-4071-8f13-5a8f376f870fn%40googlegroups.com.
