On Feb 11, 4:47 pm, Dave Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > Isn't it wonderful that we are fortunate enough to have these kinds of > choices in life? > > Dave
Absolutely agree with you there. As with your other points too. I think what is happening to me is that I used to do many different types of riding that made bike set-up/choice easy to determine, but now I tend to just ride. I had (still do) a road race bike for racing, a cross bike for cross racing, a mountain bike for technical trail riding and racing, and a single speed "townie" for general errand running and coffee shop rides. Well, once I stopped racing, got married, had a daughter and became a stay home dad...most of my bikes were "extremes" that no longer fit how I ride. I started doing a bunch more random mixed terrain riding, longer meandering exploring, and camping. That's where the Bleriot came in and really just eliminated the "need" for my other bikes. I sold off all of them except for my Colnago race bike which has sentimental value, but has not seen the road in 4 years. However, now that my time has freed up some I wanted to do more mountain biking just not quite as aggressively. I thought the Bombadil was it, but the big wheels and tall stand over has me really uncomfortable on the rough singletrack. I think it would make a fantastic "all rounder" but more robust than I would ever need, and the Bleriot already fits that need to perfection. That's where I started thinking maybe someone would be interested in trading a 700c that has the opposite problem. An Atlantis would obviously be another consideration, but with the 26" xo it too be redundant. So a 700c would be the furthest step I suppose. >On Feb 11, 7:33 pm, rcnute <[email protected]> wrote: > If I had a Bombadil I'd keep it! > Ryan >I'd keep it too, especially if you may regret it if you let it go. >Even though there may be a lot of overlap, functionally, between the >two bikes the way you currently have them set up, you can always >change that. I suppose that's what makes them so good in my book. >they are remarkably versatile. It's a weird situation for me to be sure. The Bombadil is by far the most expensive frame I have ever purchased so it stings to be thinking "why did I buy this?". Certainly the bike could be set up vastly different from the Bleriot and used for a different purpose. It might end up being the hummer of country bikes. Honestly I would trust any Riv frame under me in the hardest conditions I could dish out. At 145lbs I've never had even the lightest of frames/parts fail. Hell, I have only taken one wheel out of true and that was a crash that broke the rim. Knock on wood right? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
