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  1. #1
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    those rawland bikes have LONG top tubes!
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    I'm 5'8" with loooooong arms and long legs, and I ride a 52cm Surly Cross Check (horizontal top tube) with a riser stem and mustache bars. Less than $1200, including modifications. http://surlybikes.com/crosscheck_comp.html (note the separate brake levers and bar end shifters)

    The bar-end shifters coupled with brake-only levers are a godsend to those of us with smaller hands. Many bikes are now going to the bar-end and brake-only combo. (for example the Salsa Fargo, which has a sloping top-tube, and a gazillion others)
    Last edited by KnottedYet; 08-04-2009 at 08:05 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Biciclista View Post
    those rawland bikes have LONG top tubes!
    Yeah. I'm drooling over them.

    My top tube's too short on my surly.

 

 

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