IMO, getting the frame size exactly right is a bit over-emphasized unless you're really pushing the limits of stem and seatpost adjustment and standover clearance. I know people want certainty before laying out big $$$ for a frame, but after you get close enough, it's all trial and error and adaptation and overcoming preconceived notions (the preconceived notions part is the most important, and Riv is good at that). We have a joke at HC - every time we build up a new bike of any size, we take a test ride and say "I could ride this!". The truth is that "optimum" is always between two stock sizes, so there's always a tiny compromise involved. For that matter, "optimum" changes over time and space, maybe even during the course of a single ride. And some people are simply more physically or mentally adaptable to the variance than others are.
When I bought my first Riv nine years ago, my 85 cm PBH put me on a 58 or even 61 Atlantis, but my 5'8" height suggested that I'd be better off on a 56 Atlantis. I went with the 58, which was fine. Later I tried a 56 and a 61, and those seemed workable, too, if I'd wanted to monkey around with stem swaps and seatpost exposure more or less than a "fistful", they might have been "perfect". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/yo-MEFhhwt0J. 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.
