Not only would it still be a Riv, it would be your Riv, uniquely and subtly modified to suit you even better...
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Larry Powers Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 9:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [RBW] If You Rerake The Fork On A Riv BIke Is It Still A Riv Bike? I randonneur on a Rambouillet with a large Berthoud handlebar bag. Most of the time there are no issues with this but when I am tired and climbing steep hills I can notice the affect of the bag. For this reason and because I would also be able to run bigger tires with fenders, I have toyed with getting a new fork for the bike. If I did would this still be a Riv Rambouillet? Riv/Grant intentionally build high trail bikes so modifying one of their bikes to a low trail bike goes against their philosophy and In my mind creates a bike that is no longer a Rivendell. This is merely a philisophical question I am pondering while at work. Many people love to tinker and there is nothing wrong with that. When my beautiful orange Rambouillet finally needs a paint job I may decide to modify it by changing the fork and adding canti studs but when I do I am not sure that I can say it is a Rivendell. Larry Powers "just when you think that you've been gyped the bearded lady comes and does a double back flip" - John Hiatt _____ Hotmail® goes where you go. On a PC, on the Web, on your phone. See <http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/learnmore/versatility.aspx#mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_WL_HM_versatility_121208> how. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
