Bill there are retrogrouch aspects of it. Friction shifting High bars for riding Riding for enjoyment rather than fast pace road cycling Lugged steel frame vs composite Tires wider than 25 mm (this is more bucking the system)
I view Rivendell as a company that makes bicycle for the vast majority of people who do not want to wear lycra and have super duper fast bicycles but want to ride bicycle for pure enjoyment and travel on tours. The answer is probably somewhere in the middle between retro and never been built before bicycles. On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is my opinion that the people who think Rivendell is either "retro" or > "retrogrouch" are taking an EXTREMELY short-sighted view of things. You > can't see the forest for the lugs if you think Rivendell is using old > proven designs. Lugged-steel is an old proven construction method, > perhaps. The 'design' of the machine is a lot more than the construction > method. Rivendell does not copy or replicate any old proven designs. They > design bikes that have never been built before by anyone, ever. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > > On Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 12:56:28 PM UTC-7, Lee Legrand wrote: >> >> I always thought Rivish was centered around the retrogrouch philosophy in >> which steel lugged frame, wide tires for comfort, bicycling is for >> enjoyment and travel over speed, modern technology is good but the old >> design has proven itself to work well, therefore no need to constantly move >> with trends. >> >> >> -- > 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. > -- 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.
