Thanks for the responses everybody. Well, I've gone and done it....just got off the phone with Will at Riv and ordered an Appaloosa. Honestly, it came down to the lugs and that sweet headbadge. lol.
Now I have a few weeks to put a parts list together and figure out how to properly set this bike up. I'm very excited about this one. I've owned three Rivs in the past but they were primarily road bikes and I have since taken myself off the roads and hit the trails and less traveled gravel roads. If I still owned the Sam H I had I would just convert that over to gravel/trail duty but I am very interested to try out these long chainstays. One issue with the gravel roads around me is that the gravel is deep and over hardpack which makes a bike with 32's or 38's pretty sketchy when going downhill, sketchy enough to detract from the happiness of the ride. The Appaloosa with its long chainstays and bigger tire clearance should theoretically be pretty awesome on it. I currently have a Kona cross bike which is decidely less awesome on those roads, for sure. Plus....Lugs. On Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 10:30:17 AM UTC-6, RJM wrote: > > Does anybody on the list ride an Appaloosa or Clem Smith Jr. as a mountain > bike or have it set up primarily as a trail bike? I've been toying around > with the idea of picking up a Riv to use on the local trails and gravel > roads and saw the Clem Smith on Riv's page. I must confess these bikes > weren't really on my radar until earlier this week until I really started > doing some research. It seems like the Clem or App might be perfect for > what I would like (the mustard color on the Clem is top notch!). > > If you do have one, how does it ride for you? Do you like the long > chainstays? How stable is the bike? Any issues making quick turns with > the long wheelbase? > -- 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.
