I have a PBH of 98cm (as best I can tell), saddle height of 86.5cm and my height is 191cm.
I just built up a 64cm Sam Hillborne and it fits absolutely splendid, fits as I would expect a custom to fit. I have a Brooks shoved all the way back on a lugged seatpost and a Dirtdrop/Moustache cockpit and it feels like just the right reach and more than enough height. I have it set 3cm above the saddle and could probably get 7-8 above if I wanted. I can contrast this with a 64cm Quickbeam that I bought impulsively and as my first Rivendell, and I wish I had gotten a 68. I was irrationally freaked out about buying such a big bike, fearing things like top tube clearance and just unfamiliarity with the concept (as I'd never been able to find a good fitting bike on the cheap), but it was a bad call. I can tell you from personal experience with having very similar proportions to you that sizing up when in doubt has resulted in a perfect fitting bike for me. On Feb 25, 2:14 pm, Lugmonster <suraj.shanmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I live in Australia and am thinking of picking up a Riv, either a > Hillborne or a Hilsen. Given shipping issues etc. I'm sweating over > picking the right sized frame. My PBH is 94cm but my height is only > 186cm ie. I have a pretty long bottom half and short top half. The > folks at Riv are suggesting that I should be looking at a 64cm > Hillborne or a 65cm Hilsen. > > Now this to me seems massive, as I seem to be comfortable on an > effective top tube length of about 570mm on a standard racing bike > (56-68cm frame). Any top tube past 580mm and I feel like its a bit of > a stretch. I'm therefore thinking of maybe a smaller Hilsen (?63) or a > 60cm Hillborne. > > I do appreciate that the bars will be higher thus shortening the > distance to handlebars but still it seems like those frames are a bit > stretched out for me. Anyone with a similar build who has had > experiences positive or negative with Riv sizing? Could you provide > some advice? Thanks! -- 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.
