Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful bikes and I am glad that they stuck around and morphed after Bridgestone pulled out. I hope they survive their current financial crisis. Unfortunately they have only stock sizes and I am a long bodied person with short legs and arms. After twenty years of stock bikes that have to be adapted, I am looking forward to one that fits. I also like a high saddle height, relative to the handlebars, that a smaller frame gives, which Rivendell preaches and designs against (rightly so for most riders but not for misshapen and weak backed me). With my long back and predilection for a large saddle/handlebar height difference, I need a small frame with a long top tube. I have been making do with long stems (135mm on my track bike) and my knees knocking on my elbows, but, it just does not handle and fit as well as a properly designed frame. Cheers, John Collier > From: "Ken Iisaka" <ken@iisaka.org> > > The Leica M of bicycles is Rivendell. Lugged, silver-brazed beauties.