Clem L goes electric. "Judas!" (Grant will get that one) I did the deed today and it's fabulous. Honestly it's kind of ridiculous how well this Riv model accepts and works with a mid-drive kit; it's smooth and stable enough to handle the extra weight and speed, and it still turns and stops really well (changing my mind about thinking I need discs). The black kit even "hides" well with this color and the battery in the TrunkSack. I know it's not everyone's cup o' joe, but boy did I appreciate the assist in that killer headwind on the way back from Benicia to Vallejo this evening. (Hi to the guy on the root beer Roadeo at Benicia State Park!)
The last pic isn't lit well, but I wanted to show something I'd never thought of until I owned a step-through..check out the water bottle access. I've never been good at grabbing a bottle while pedaling a diamond frame with upright bars (too far away), but this design puts it way up there in front of you. Nice! I tend to buy and sell bikes without getting too attached to them, but I think I'm going to keep this one. It's beautiful, does the things I need it to do, and it just fits me. Which brings me to a thought about my (now sold to a happy rider) Appaloosa that hadn't really sunk in until today: It was also beautiful and I loved the ride, but there was always a nagging sense that it was meant to be ridden more and harder than I was up to, like buying a Honda Goldwing touring motorcycle and riding it to 7-Eleven. It wasn't really ME, and Clem L is. Which is probably weird, but that's ok! Thanks for humoring me and looking at my new bike. https://goo.gl/photos/J5Y4fDycfG896hNP9 -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
