Hey ! I also ride 50 - - 52 cm, or try to ride because they are difficult to find. It's the PERFECT SIZE - symmetrical and balanced ! I think smaller frames are difficult to find because us normal sized people purchased bikes to ride and subsequently wore them out while all those dinosaur sized beings just purchased them for wall hangings. : )
Richard Cielec Chicago, Illinois
kim klakow <Akimbo71@gmx.net> wrote: 59.5 by 58 is just about right ... , at least that is what my Legnano says.
Kim Klakow Berlin, Germany
>
>
> Kim,
>
> What size steed do you ride, as a general rule?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> Towering Dwarf, at 5', 5 1/2". (Of course I'm standing on a box, in
> elevator shoes, and up on my tiptoes.)
>
>
>
> -- "kim klakow" wrote:
> Italians have had a long history of being small. Pretty much everything
> from
> that country is small; try to
> find mens shoes in 12, or suits in XXL (which is still too small). Look at
> most of the cyclists from that
> country. Pantani is no giant (maybe he is to italian standards, who
> knows?)
> and you should see them
> play basketball!. Large italians are mostly to be found in Tyrolia, with a
> few exeptions in Sicily. Even the
> Coffee they serve is small!! So are biscotti!
>
> Disclaimer: Matteo is of course exempt of all these stereotypes ...
>
> greets,
> kim, who has a new orange faggin track bike in 48.5cm, Klakow
>
>
>
>
> > See, living proof!!!!
> >
> > Brian Baylis says:
> >
> > >I have small track bikes comming out of my butt, BUT chances are
> > >everything is going to be out of his price range. What is the price
> > range?
> > >
> > >Brian Baylis
> > >La Mesa, CA
> > >Was a foot, now it's track bikes.
> >
> > Ok, Brian has enough bikes and I don't have enough. He says so right
> here.
> >
> > So point that teeny-tiny chrome Cinelli or minuscule curly stay
> Holdsworth
> >
> > my way.
> >
> > Seriously, other than custom bikes, (and this should bring us back on
> > topic!) why is it that the only stock vintage bikes that fit me right
> are
> > Italian? What is it that made all those lovely vintage Raleighs only
> fit
> > really tall people? I've not seen too many French bikes that fit me
> > either. Even if I get the standover part right - the top tubes go on
> for
> > miles.
> >
> > Ann Phillips, Decatur GA
> > recycling center for those dangerous 50cm steel bikes
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
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> Kim Klakow
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> Akimbo71@gmx.net
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