Hi Philip, that Scottish bike life sounds ideal. I rode a rented mountain bike in the forest preserve near Loch Ard twenty-some years ago. Beautiful, steep, and sloppy riding, and I saw a team of horses pulling felled trees out of the forest!
I checked out that Kona, it’s pretty awesome. Fat tires and drop bars is where it’s at for me. I’m not a fan of the cables under the down tube, since they pick up gunk and trash, but if the bike is fenderable, that’s less of an issue. The dropper post is a nice thing to have, for sure. You might consider converting your MB-1 to fat light slick tires like the Rene Herse Rat Trap Pass (“RTP” for short) and drop bars like the On-One Midge. That would be a pretty fun bike for the riding you describe. Philip Santa Rosa, CA On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 9:30:37 AM UTC-8 philipr...@gmail.com wrote: > Actually I've ridden Big Bend & across the border into Baja & Nuevo Leon > many times! Mostly on dirt motorcycles but also some MTB stuff, I love the > desert too. I live full time on Dallas (my job is US based) & we're > commuting back & forward (well pre-COVID that was the plan at least) as we > build a house on Skye. Provided you can stand wind & rain, there's > tremendous riding in the Highlands & Islands all within easy reach, the > roads get busy with RVs & buses in the summer but the rest of the time it's > you & the wee ewes. Look on YouTube for cycling the Northwest 500, the > Hebridean Way (a short ferry ride from us) or the West Highland Way, > guarantee you'll be packing your bags! > > Since my goal is to ride to the trails, then ride the actual trails I'm > actually starting to think that I may need something a little more off-road > focused than the Rivendell's though? The Kona Sutra ULTD looks like an > interesting candidate with relaxed geometry & good 'ol steel bones. Of > course, nothing like the exquisite build or the great story of the Rivs... > > On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 11:08:20 AM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I can't give you much help in answering your question -- my Rivendells >> have all been road bikes -- but I can say welcome to the group, and, please >> post more photos (and descriptions) of your Scottish riding environment. I >> myself live in the high-desert US Southwest, at the polar opposite, >> aesthetically and geographically, from your area, but my distant Celtic >> roots (Scots Irish on father's paternal side) feel a wave of nostalgia from >> such pictures as this one you posted. >> >> On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 11:52:31 PM UTC-8 philipr...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> > >> > New to this group, I actually currently own & ride a Grant Peterson >> bike already (Bridgestone MB-1) plus a CIOCC road bike but am interested in >> something more dual purpose. The area the bike will be used primarily is >> the West Coast of Scotland = narrow, rutted B & C-roads, fast A-Roads & >> graded dirt tracks with lots of rain & wind thrown in for good measure. I >> like to ride as "spirited" as my late-50s legs will allow, am most >> comfortable on the hoods & I may eventually do some minimalist bikepacking >> overnights. >> > >> > From looking at the Rivendell range it would seem that the Sam >> Hillborne or Homer Hilsen would be a good fit, however the Riv folks also >> recommended the Appaloosa. >> > >> > I'd love to hear some opinions on this from the folks that own them & >> thanks in advance for any advice you can give. >> [image: image.png] >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> > -- 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/fb7a075b-1e7c-4f37-bd07-fe0ba91f9e25n%40googlegroups.com.
