On One Pompino owners...

Got them "cheap" from eBay...135€

I met a German today. He had found an office chair in the street, and was wondering how suitable it was to take home. I convinced him to sniff the seat - I mean, who wants a smelly chair in their house, right?, He thanked me for alerting him to a quality control method which he hadn't considered by that point. A piece of egg flew out of his impressive moustache while he was talking. Totally bizarre experience, on reflection.

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http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8533/pompd.jpg

Been commuting on this now for the last 2 months and I love it.

Couple of little changes including a yellow saddle because I thought it would be more fun. Still messing around with various elements of the fit/positioning - when I try to map the same positions of saddle, bars etc which are comfy on my road bike, it's not comfy on the Pompino... which is perplexing. Possibly I'm just measuring wrong.

Anyway it's an awesome bike to ride :-)

when I try to map the same positions of saddle, bars etc which are comfy on my road bike, it's not comfy on the Pompino.

Are you keeping the lengths of the 3 sides of the fit triangle matched between the two bikes without accounting for the whole thing probably being rotated backwards a few degrees on the Pompino?

Yeah not taking the angles into account is probably something to do with it. My only significant problem is knee pain, which I eventually managed to pretty much get rid of on my road bike. I was assuming that if I mapped over the same saddle-to-pedal distance and saddle setback to the pomp, that should do it - but then I got knee pain. I ended up moving the saddle on the pomp down and back and that seems to be working, so I'm loathe to change it now. But yeah, it was probably a much too unsophisticated approach to not consider the angles properly.

If only bike fits were cheaper.

Have you got yellow decals? Or is it the pic cos theyr more fluro than that i thort?

I just have the normal decals they come with - they're a sort of yellowy green. In real life they're noticeably greener than the bar tape and saddle (which are plain yellow), but I think it goes well.

Greetings from a frozen yank from across the pond!

I am thinking about getting a pompino as a commuter/bar bike/beater. One thing that concerns me is that in all the pictures I see, everyone has their seatposts jacked up 2 feet. I am 5'8" with a 30cm inseam, so I would probably take a medium, but I have somewhat of a bad low back, and can't really ride in "racer mode" any more. Do the frames all have really low top tubes, do all you brits have tarantula legs?

I have mine quite high because I'm on the XL and it still comes in a bit small. Also the top tube slopes quite heavily. I'm definitely not someone with a bendy back either.. The pomp is designed with compact geo which I think is designed to minimise frame flexing and put all the dampening in the seatpost (can somebody correct me on that?).

They have got a big headtube too. So you'll be fine.

They have got a big headtube too. So you'll be fine.

not really. I find the pomps headtube quite short for the size.
edit: from the website, I know it's not specific for the pomps.

Our frames have quite a short headtube.
Couple of things here - if you like HIGH bars (and by that I mean at, or higher than saddle height), you're going to need a higher rise stem than on other bikes. If your fashion tendencies are offended by pointy up stems, then stop right now and go choose another brand. Using a short headtube means we stress the top tubes of our frames in a certain way that gives a very compliant ride. Short headtubes mean that the top tube is low, so you won't catch yourself when you come off. We like it.

Ah. The smaller sizes are actually.

    14" 16" 18" 20"

A Head Angle (°) 73 73 73 73
B Head Tube Length (mm) 92 104 135 167

I stand wrong.

So, would I be better served with a large frame then?

I usually like to run my bars at saddle height

You'd be better with a different frame, or a very pointy up stem.

It's only the XL that has a normal HT length.

Maybe a Surly Crosscheck.

Or it'll look like this.

well, I feel that I fall between medium and large too and chose the large. it's got 30mm taller head tube with only 15mm longer top tube.
I haven't built it up yet so can't yet say if that was the right thing.

I usually like to run my bars at saddle height

It really depends on what bars. For a pub bike, North Roads (or Marys, Albatrosses etc.) the right way up would get you up nice and high, and the large back sweep means using a big frame won't put them out of reach.

I am 5'8" with a 30cm inseam

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Ha ha, repped.

In all seriousness though, I'm 5'10" and I'm on a large frame with a 10deg stem and 30mm of spacers. I know some people will say that running 30mm of spacers is shit and you should have a pointy up stem but i've got the bars where I need em and I think it looks better this way, on this bike anyway.

as everything is just thrown on this is completely unrelated to the size/fit discussion. just wanted to show it off...

excuse the filter - my wifes photo...

Missing my 3rd leg

Or it'll look like this.

Oi!

FWIW the pomp has a short headtube. The setup you quoted in your pic made me realise that I should really ride a medium, so I subsequently sold the frame.

That said, if people want to have a rising stem then I say let them. Bike fit >> aesthetics.

It's very true - I need a stack of spacers AND a rising stem to make mine fit

It's very true - I need a stack of spacers AND a rising stem to make mine fit

That is a wicked saddle to bar ratio!

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