Khalid I'm certain that both of those sizes (58 and 61) will work for you. Riv in general will not tell you that you need 2 inches of clearance. It's more likely that they'll tell you that 2 inches of clearance liberates you to go bigger. It also depends somewhat on who you talk to. I'm considering an Atlantis this year or next, and I could ride a 58 or a 61 (PBH 87). When I visited Riv HQ and stood over the 61, it was right there. I could lift the front wheel off the ground, but barely. Harry looked and said "That looks like your size". They didn't have a 58 on hand at the time. On a different day, I was talking with Mark, who knows my bikes, although he's never done any fitting with me. I told him I was thinking about a 58 Atlantis, and he said "Are you sure you are tall enough for a 58?" So it's not completely rigid, their approach.
My point is that both the 58 and the 61 can work for a person your size. It will come down to your decision, which will be based somewhat on your riding style and attitude. If your riding style and attitude towards cycling changes a lot over the next year or two, then it is possible that you might grow to love a bike that seemed too big at the beginning, or might grow to regret that you got something that is one size off. That's probably the biggest piece, the guesswork on where your opinions will lie a few thousand miles down the road. I guarantee you could find several Atlantis owners that are exactly your size who love their 58, and others exactly your size who love their 61. There's probably a few who ride a 56, and are similarly convinced they got "their size". I'm leaning towards the 58 because I intend to have the bars close to level with the saddle. If I wanted the bars 3-4 cm higher than the saddle, I'd go with the 61. On Mar 18, 10:41 am, Khalid Mateen <krm2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I check it. I am either getting a 58cm frame or a 61 cm frame. I wont know > until I talk to them. > > K. > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 2:26 PM, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net>wrote: > > > on 3/18/11 9:01 AM, Khalid Mateen at krm2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I do not know what sizes will fit me on a Rivendell. They do not have > > the > > > sizing on the frame based on a PBH anymore. > > > Yonder: > >http://www.rivbike.com/article/bike_fit/choosing_a_frame_size > > >http://www.rivbike.com/article/bike_fit/pbh_and_how_to_measure_it > > > -- > > Jim Edgar > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > > "'You both ride your bike?' He held his hands out and grabbed imaginary > > handlebars, grinning indulgently, eyeing Tom's helmet. Double disbeleif: > > not one, but two grown Americans riding bicycles." > > -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac" > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > 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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
