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-----Original Message----- >From: CycloFiend <[email protected]> >Sent: Sep 13, 2010 9:19 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [RBW] how to measure Nitto model 136AA > >on 9/12/10 9:57 PM, Rene at [email protected] wrote: > >> I need help. How do you measure the size of Nitto Randoneur model >> 136AA? When the size says 42, does it mean the width of the top or the >> flared drop? I read it somewhere but I forgot. > >You should confirm that with whomever is doing the measuring. Riv states >that they measure in this manner: > >"All of our drop bars are measured the same way: Center of the curve to >center of the curve. The normal way is center of the end to center of the >end. We measure center of the curve to center of the curve because our drops >have a slight flare below the curve, and measuring the ends would give a >false impression of the width you'd actually feel. It's not complicated: If >you're a small woman, order a 41; medium woman or small guy, get a 44; >average guy, get the 46; big strong guy, the 48." > >BUT! That doesn't mean it's a standard method... > >- Jim "measure twice, order once." > >-- >Jim Edgar >[email protected] > >Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com >Current Classics - Cross Bikes >Singlespeed - Working Bikes > >Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > >"Then I sat up, wiped the water out of my eyes, and looked at my bike, and >just like that I knew it was dead" > >-- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW >Owners Bunch" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
