FS: Sam Hillborne 53cm $2500/obo

[johnb]

Due to a progressive medical issue, my beloved Rivs have to go. First up, a 53cm Sam Hillborne that includes:

• New Albion cranks 46/30
  
• Paul brake levers
• Tektro brakes
• Hand built (velocity/Velo Orange) wheels/Rene Herse 48 tires
• 9-speed cassette
• Acera derailleur 
• Cambium Special Edition C-17 with orange rivets
• Albatross handlebars 
• Paul thumbies 

Will be professionally packed by bike shop. Next up, 51cm Atlantis

Photos: https://share.icloud.com/photos/075HDkT5H9Rkyy65vqo4lel2w

[Robert Calton]

Good evening John. I'm sorry to hear about your reasons for selling and hope all is well, but I am very interested in this lovely Hillborne. I just wanted to double-check the size on it before I commit. The listing says 53cm but I can't seem to find Rivendell's dimensions on a 53cm: on their site they have 51cm or 54cm. Could you please confirm if it is 54cm or indeed 53cm? I have a PBH of 83.8, which puts me in a 54cm, but I'm sure a 53 would be fine too.  

All the best,

Robert 

[Doug H.]

I see on Bike Insights that Rivendell made a size 52 in 2009. I don't know how accurate those numbers are on that website though. If the numbers are accurate, they show a 57 effective top tube and 650b wheels. That is a nice looking build with nice parts.

Doug

[Robert Calton]

Thanks Doug for the insight! I'll give Riv a call tomorrow and ask them about the PBH range for the 52, though I suspect that would be my size in this model given the other geometry :) 

[johnb]

Measurement from center of BB to top of TT is 20". Center of BB to top of Seat Tube is 20.25". Same for TT. I apologize for the confusion. I bought the bike 3rd hand and never measured it. I just took the sellers word and quite honestly I could have just misremembered it.  I am 5'6"  with a 28" inseam. I have Compass 650Bx48 tires on the bike and I barely clear the TT..

I forgot the Crank Brothers Stamp pedals.

[Robert Calton]

Thank you for those measurements. I'm trying to determine if this is indeed the 52cm frame, but alas this older geometry chart doesn't show those two measurements you gave. I hate to trouble you further, but would it be possible to measure the top tube? That should determine definitively which it is, as that chart does have that measurement.

[Doug H.]

I'm thinking that this is a size 51 maybe since Riv uses the seat tube measurement for the listed sizes.

Doug

[Robert Calton]

Hi Doug, thanks again for some insight. It seems they didn't make a 51 in the 2009 sage frame runs, it went from 48 to 52 and that measurement seems too big to be a 48. Unless they had sage frames in the 2017 run of 51's, that is, but I'm not sure when the color switch happened. 

[Johnny Alien]

I believe that is blue not sage. Blue was available as a 51 frame.

[Robert Calton]

Aww, bummer :( Thanks for the info Johnny

[johnb]

It is a blue-grey.

[johnb]

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