Och, Jeff! Figuring out a bike is a very personal journey comprised of lots of wee journeys (rides), with input from others, but ultimately it's you and the bike. I took a year to get to know my Hunqapillar and learning how to ride a mammoth, refining things along the way. In my case, my second year was vastly under biking using my touring set-up tires and handlebars last year on single track and lots of bikepacking trips. I learned that's the type of riding I want to do, so This year (year three) is going to be a change in the cockpit, saddle, and drivetrain to match that discovery. For me the Hunqapillar is the perfect bike for what I thought I would be doing, as well as the perfect bike for what I will be doing.
Whatever you decide to do, your journey will continue and you will move closer toward matching your riding and your bike and how it's set up. That's all part of the fun. One of the gifts Grant and this group has given me is permission to play and to under bike, because I always have my LCG (lowest common gear) with me, so can walk whatever is too much. No biggie. On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 1:07:09 PM UTC-6, Jeff Ong wrote: > > For what it's worth, I (the original poster) am around 6' tall, 230 lbs., > pretty beefy and broad (big shoulders, etc.). I would characterize myself > as a masher, I guess, since I cut my teeth on mountain biking and never > really developed a glassy-smooth pedal stroke. > > I guess I was just really surprised by some of the ride characteristics of > the bike... I was expecting something like the sport-tourers of the 80's > and early 90's, not so much the handling of a loaded touring bike or early > 80's klunker. I do suspect there are some real fit issues with this > frameset for me -- most of my bikes are kind of on the small side, some > almost comically so. > > I appreciate how open minded all you Riv devotees have been through this > discussion, though -- no one telling me my perceptions are just wrong, etc. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
