Great review and insight into your thought process, Christian! NFE and Jones both look like great bikes!
On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 1:12:18 PM UTC-7, Christian wrote: > > Hi All, > > Let's see if I can link the NFE, the Jones, and Rivendell sufficiently to > make this on topic. I sold my Hunqapillar to fund my Jones. I really liked > the Hunq, but I love the Jones. Very different bikes so not really fair to > compare, but for my purposes the Jones is the better option. I use it > mostly for singletrack and have put in up to 9 hour trail rides on it. It's > an exceptional bike. But it's not the same thing as the NFE (not that Mike > was saying this explicitly) so I don't think I'd choose one or the other > for similar purposes. > > So, I will have both. > > I really loved my Terraferma, but always felt the fit was slightly off. > I'd become a convert to 650B, however, and so when I learned of the NFE I > made plans to sell my Terraferma. The disc brakes were a major selling > point for me. After getting back into mountain biking a couple of summers > ago (to which I credit the Hunq) and trying discs I was blown away. I know > there's been lots of discussion here about the merits of cantis but FOR ME > there's no contest. BB7s are incredibly simple to set up and are far > superior--IN MY EXPERIENCE--to the Paul Toring cantis I had on the > Terreferma (to be honest, the 15 year old $10 Deore V brakes on my LHT are > better than the Pauls--heresy, perhaps). I know some will disagree and > that's fine. > > I'll use the NFE (should be here in a few weeks) in the same way I used > the Terraferma: for mixed terrain road riding as well as paved only rides. > And if I return to randonneuring I'll use it for that too. For me, the > Jones is best left as a mountain bike. But it for sure could be set as a > capable all arounder with different wheels. For now it's set up as a fat > front. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwmcmillen/16710535399/in/dateposted-public/ > > > One thing that's neat about the Jones is that it takes a little wind out > of the sails of those--like me, for a time--committed to thinking fit was > some sort of magic. After all, they only come in one size! Just tweak here > and there, listen to Jeff's advice, and you're all set. He asked me how > tall I am, whether or I wanted to sit up a bit or be in a more agressive > position. He then told me what stem he thought I should get. That was it. > Bike fits fantastically. > > Anyway, hope all the Riv folks don't mind the digression! > > Christian > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
