Long rambling post ahead, but bear with me... Folks, I'm stressing about this way more than is probably necessary but I've been pining for an Appaloosa for years and I really want to make sure I won't be bummed out by a poor fit. So, here's the deal. I called Riv and spoke with Roman. After discussing my current bike and my size he suggested the 57cm. Now, I'm not doubting his knowledge on the subject but I can't wrap my head around the difference in measurements between what I'm currently riding and the 57cm Appaloosa and I'm hoping maybe to get some more opinions on the subject to either help me be comfortable with the idea of the 57 or realize that I need the 54...
Current bike has the following measurements: 58cm ETT, approx. 39cm reach, 57cm stack and 83cm standover The 57cm Appa has: 62.5cm ETT, 41.3cm reach, 63.5cm stack and 85.2cm standover The 54cm Appa has: 59.8cm ETT, 39.6cm reach, 60.3cm stack and 82.3cm standover My PBH is around 87cm so I have plenty of room for either size My current bike has a standard setback seatpost with a B17 saddle. I have a 100mm quill stem and Velo Orange, 50m randonneur bars and 170mm crank arms. In this configuration, the bike is almost perfect. Now, I think I'd be quite happy with the additional standover and stack height; my current bike has around 160mm of steerer sticking up out of the head tube, so being able to drop that by 70mm would be aesthetically beneficial. Not to mention the extra top tube length combined with the more slack head tube of the Appa might prevent the toe overlap And since I'm currently running a 100mm stem, I can easily cut that back to accommodate the additional reach. My main concern with the 57cm Appa is the ETT length as it relates to my knee angle / knee-ankle line. I seem to have a fairly short femur as I'm always having to push my saddles fairly far forward to get my knee in line with, or slightly over my ankle to avoid pain in my knees. Being that my current bike has only about 1-2cm of additional room on the rails to slide the seat forward, and the 57cm Appa effectively places the seat tube another 2cm further back, I'm concerned I'm going to end up unable to achieve the necessary knee/ankle alignment. So, now that I have probably made myself sound sufficiently insane and obsessive, give me some opinions. Maybe there's a 0 setback 26.8 seatpost that could bail me out if it's a problem? Will the other differences in the frame geometry compensate for the differences in ways I'm not considering? Hit me with anything you think might be relevant :) -- Ted Wood < ted.l.w...@gmail.com > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CANCvShqx2kKtAcexDZXqVri5Z0k37LQ8Q7HDG9WD9Ott_b%3DLJA%40mail.gmail.com.
