Scott, handling is normal/fine although I think the stem could be 10-20mm longer to fit optimally (i go back and forth on that which is why I haven't made the change yet). I highly recommend this bike, rides zippily like a Homer and the color options are great this batch. It handles well on single track. I ride it around golden gate park trails here in SF. Also, here is a video edit I made riding the Road Plus on Mt. Tamalpais dirt roads: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5RwAfelCn4/
On Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 8:16:35 AM UTC-8, Scott S wrote: > > Adam, great looking ride — love the fenders. I’m considering a road + as > well for an all arounder, including some trail use — any experience on > singletrack w yours? Also curious about long TT / short stem combo and any > impact on balance or handling. > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 8:04 PM Adam Leibow <ad...@pritchardpeck.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I got the new road plus and it rides really great. took it up all over >> mt. tam and marin. it's been my wet weather bike recently. this is the >> "53cm". (so called because of the compact geometry - it fits like their 58 >> rim brake bikes) >> >> [image: IMG_5530.jpeg] >> >> >> >> On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 10:31:33 AM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> I finally bought a BMC Monstercross frameset. Why? Because it's dumb >>> not to buy one. The only thing that had been stopping me was the >>> horizontal dropouts, because vertical dropouts are categorically better. >>> Since the last time I decided horizontal dropouts were a dealkiller, I've >>> acquired 4 bikes with horizontal dropouts, and guess what? I didn't die. >>> Vertical dropouts are better, but horizontals are not the end of the >>> world. The BRIGHT green colorway of the latest batch made it >>> irresistable. So, new bike day? The build will be a drop bar mountain >>> bike. No racks, no lights, no fenders. It'll be used for 2-3 hour >>> mountain bike rides. I'll post photos when there is something to look at. >>> I have a couple small details to iron out. >>> >>> In the meantime, there have been a couple gram-counter threads recently, >>> and I thought I'd offer up another datapoint while I have a bare frame and >>> fork: >>> >>> A 58cm Black Mountain Monstercross frame, with Cane Creek 40 headset >>> cups pressed in, weighs 2257g >>> The fork with a crown race installed and an uncut threadless steerer is >>> 1057g >>> >>> Use that data for whatever you like. >>> >>> 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-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/abfe7789-9287-4064-951b-db3ded162834%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/abfe7789-9287-4064-951b-db3ded162834%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c1633c0c-0c52-48c1-8628-87580a358b43%40googlegroups.com.
