Congrats on the new bike, Bill! I love the color. There are too few purple bikes in the world, let alone this gorgeous shade.
The 42x27 will toughen you up, for sure. And I understand the "climb it, or shoulder it" ethos for cyclocross races. And it would be easy to fit a wider-range 10 speed cassette with just a rear derailleur swap (9-speed MTB RD), should you decide to do so. On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:36 PM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > The weather looked lousy yesterday so I did not ride “Sal”. Sure enough, > on my lunch break I rode to the taco 🌮 lace and got POUNDED by a > hailstorm. Ouch! > > Anyway today was clear but cold, and I did the ~25 mile road ride from my > house to Riv HQ. Roman wanted to take some canonical Riv shots for a > potential blog post. I obtained approval from Roman, Will, Corey and Dave. > Mark had the morning off so I missed him. > > My ride report had few surprises. It fits like I planned it to fit > (perfectly) and it rides like I planned it to ride (splendidly). It feels > like a very good very fast racing bike. We’ll see if I can handle the > drivetrain. A 42x27 is low enough for many hills but not every hill, unless > I toughen up. > > Now that Riv has their photos, it’s time to go get it dirty > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito Ca > > -- > 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.
