Thanks for all the replies. As I recall one of my nephews, then 4 years old, saying when I took him to KMart's toy department and said, "Choose 1:" "So many choices!"
I'll read y'all's posts in detail at my leisure. I don't want a touring bike or fat bike or a Salsa, thanks; I basically want a nice road bike with relaxed geometry (for a road bike) and gentler tubing that can take 65s + fenders + air -- as much as this can be accommodated. And it has to have 700C wheels and disk brakes, so that rules out a number of suggestions. I'll look more closely at the Jones and the Hunter ss. Keep 'em coming! Even if I don't want a Komorebi or NFD, they are very interesting to read about. Question for you Jones owners: How does it handle and perform on pavement as (in the technical sense of the term) a Sports Tourer, like the Sequoia and ilk? And can it be used with drop bars? I've used very many different kinds of bars, and my left hand is comfortable only with more or less traditional drop bars. Frankly, one (among several) ideas I have for this theoretical bike is my erstwhile '73 Motobecane Grand Record with room for said tires/fenders. On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:21 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am thinking that, God willing, I will have a custom frame built for > local dirt-cum-pavement rides. Our bosque is so nice, winter and summer, > and living within a good spit of it, and not having to commute to an > office, means that I have much more opportunity for bosque miles now than I > did a few years ago. > > I have a Fargo very nicely dialed in and very nicely set up for this sort > of riding, but the handling is less than best, and the tubing is > excessively stout. > > My next door neighbor rides a Jamis carbon fiber cyclocross bike along the > same trails, though in dry summer when the sand gets deep, he uses a CF > mountain bike. > > I think I want something that is, basically, a sedate road bike with room > for 65s and fenders, plus a rear rack for occasional grocery loads. Perhaps > a front rack, too, if the geometry requires more even spreading of the > load. Gearing would be wide-spaced subcompact with close ratio rear, tho' > with the choice of running a triple and wide range. (I think of building > the bike up with the Dura Ace 7410 f and r derailleurs left over from the > Ram, just 'cause.) > > Use would be largely what many of you would call short distance riding, > but energetic riding, using drop bars and a position just a bit more > relaxed than on the road bikes. But I'd like the bike to be capable of > longer rides, and that laden, should such occasion arise. "Laden" will mean > panniers. > > Disk brakes and "29er" wheels are musts. > > The Jones sound wonderful, but I want mine to be optimized for, as it > were, road riding on dirt, often sandy. > > I'll appreciate any technical or otherwise practical suggestions about > tubing, sizing, build, geometry, braze-ons, and what have you. > > Bring it on! > > Thanks. > > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > > ************************************* > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle > > *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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.
