Re: [CR]was riv lugs, now larger frames to achieve higher bars

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:23:51 -0500
From: <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]was riv lugs, now larger frames to achieve higher bars
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To: Rod <rodk3d@comcast.net>
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Think bars that rise a bit- Rondonneur bars. Only a cm or so but if you need it, thats the classic way.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: Rod
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:55:00 -0000
Subject: [CR]was riv lugs, now larger frames to achieve higher bars


> I keep hearing arguments about going to a larger frame or a properly

\r?\n> designed frame to get ones handlebars higher. My frames are 64c-c

\r?\n> and there

\r?\n> is no way I could ride a larger one comfortably. On my Eisentraut

\r?\n> w/o a

\r?\n> headtube extension there is no way I'm getting my handlebars level

\r?\n> with my

\r?\n> saddle, even with a Nitto Technomic Deluxe stem. I have seen and

\r?\n> owned bikes

\r?\n> with stems that have a radical +10 to +20 degree rise to them, and

\r?\n> to me

\r?\n> they are WAY more hideous looking than a headtube extension. To my

\r?\n> untrainedeye a "proper" looking bike has a level top tube and a

\r?\n> level stem extension.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> So, how would one go about getting their handlebars level with

\r?\n> their saddle

\r?\n> w/o a headtube extension, a sloping top tube or a riser style

\r?\n> stem??? What

\r?\n> else can one design into a frame that will get the handlebars

\r?\n> higher, while

\r?\n> still allowing a good seatpost length and maintaining straddle

\r?\n> clearance?

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Cheers,

\r?\n> Rod Kronenberg

\r?\n> Fort Collins, CO