Can the Appaoosa give you 2.1" tires plus fenders? Or do you need an Atlantis for that? The biggest question is can you setup one bike with both Albatross and drops and be happy? Will have to do the zero CM stem thing and will you be happy with that?
If you can be ok with the 47mm tires, I'd keep the Redwood and get the bars you like. Maybe pick the one bike, set it up how you want it and see how long the honeymoon lasts? In other words, don't sell unless you've really tested your decision for a good while. I, too, have a bit of identity crises among my bikes and am trying to figure it out. Ginz On Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 1:59:32 PM UTC-4 David B wrote: > I've had lofty goals to increase riding while working from home - those > were unrealistic with young kids - and I'm now leaning towards one 'nice' > bike as an all-rounder. I likely won't be doing road-exclusive rides, so > don't really need a 'road' bike, hence the sale of my Roadini. > > With a Roadini sale, I'll be left with the following: > Riv Redwood, 650b'd and fendered - > https://www.instagram.com/p/B_yrQRyl3T6/ > Riv Clem Smith Jr., currently w/ drops - > https://www.instagram.com/p/B-99voyFx5D/ > > What I'd really like is a bike that can take 2.1" tires and fenders and be > setup comfortably with either drops or albatross bars, and with geometry > angles somewhere between the Clem (71.5 hta/sta) and Redwood (73 hta/sta). > > I've been very attached to the Redwood, however I've been shifting to the > 'bikes are just bikes' attitude and am open to passing it along if need be. > I say 'nice' as I have a lockup train station bike and a folding bike that > I'll be keeping. > > I see potential options as: > 1. Sell Redwood, keep Clem and be okay with current setup > 2. Sell Clem, keep Redwood and be okay with 47mm tires w/ fenders > 3. Sell Redwood, sell Clem, buy an Appaloosa > 4. Sell Redwood, sell Clem, buy a Black Mountain Monstercross > 5. Ignore this desire and keep both bikes > > Note - this is not a feeler for selling either bike - if I sell the > Redwood it'll not be a bargain sale. > > Thoughts, suggestions, other options? Other options would need to fit > ~94pbh. > Thanks, > David > -- 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/3266a6b2-5b1c-4476-bf1f-0c2f6a3a6f4fn%40googlegroups.com.
