> Wow. Great board. Six responses in less then 24 hours. It seems that the
> concensus is the 16 LT for the wife and the standard Chesapeake 17 for
> myself. One thing that you guys might get a kick from, is most of you
> talked about size 11 and up. I neglected to say in my original message
> that I wear size 13. I did kind of feel ducky sitting in the LT. Paul or
> anybody, have you tried raising the seat in standard 17 say 3/4" or
> so? Or does that drastically change the stability?

> Thanks again to you all!

I've thought about raising the seat to get a bit more clearance - but assumed I would be too tippy. On the other hand - the Chessy feels so stable - maybe it would be OK. I'll give it a try and let you know how it goes.