All other things being equal, a hardtail will out climb a bouncy bike and a bouncy bike will out descend a hardtail. The simple answer is, of course you can do it. Keep in mind, you will need to ride the trails differently than they do (Grant's ruminations on Mongolian style riding are excellent fodder here). Where they shred, you bob and weave. You'll have as much or more fun, and enjoy the trail in a very different way because of this. Bottom line, absolutely, Clem can handle it. Go. Have a blast. Enlighten your friend's ignorance. And you will have your own version of smooth riding. Grin. Enjoy, with abandon!
With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 12:01:47 AM UTC-6, theenchantingwizardofrhythm wrote: > > Hi there - first time poster > and coming at you from Tel Aviv, possibly(?) the only Riv owner this side > of Mesopotamia... > > I got myself a 59 Clem H which I love oh so dearly > My friends, equipped with hard-tail mountain-bikey-bikes, are going out > for a couple day off-rode ride that includes some singletrack. > They say I probably can't hang with the Clem. > > So what do you think? > Should I go out confident that the silver steed will hold its own? > or am I setting myself up for a world of pain and a bruised bike? > > Many thanks, > gk > > > -- 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/9e2ff9ea-9f7a-4cdd-901b-0d7a0a8e1418%40googlegroups.com.
