Man, thats a good looking bike. I love the dark green joe's. I got a mermaid last year and have been loving it, its a blast on flowy singletrack. Congrats on the bicycle.
-stephen On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 1:29:14 PM UTC-4 larson....@gmail.com wrote: > [image: E986D2B1-4A98-4B9A-B7C7-C523BF1A7922.jpeg]Hey everyone! I am two > months in to being a Rivendell owner, a 2TT dark green Appaloosa, and > thought I would give my initial impressions. I live in the hilly Driftless > area of southwestern Wisconsin, ride about 3000+ miles/year and am in my > upper 50s. Only about 250 miles on the Appaloosa because of a cold, wet > early Spring. > > The build is pretty straight forward, based on information from this forum > and the help from Candice at Analog Cycles. I think I had only seen two > Rivs in the wild, with one being on a car rack. Had a nice road-trip late > last Summer to Ames IA to pick up the frame (thanks Brent!) This is the > first bike I have built myself. I wanted a bike for mixed road day rides > and short tours. Originally I was stuck on a Hunqapillar, but had no luck > finding one. Then the Sam, but couldn’t find one of those either that would > work for me. In retrospect, the Appaloosa is probably the best choice for > me, situated between my Black Mountain Cycles monstercross and my Salsa > Fargo, both of which I love. I expected Joe to ride like a Cadillac, > comfortable and stable, and it does. What has surprised me is that the bike > feels lively, and does not ride at all like a heavy touring bike. The > comfortable position with the Billie bars, upright but with a very nice > position at the front curves, works well for me. I appreciate the > simplicity and the ease of working on the bike. I like the practicality of > buying a very good frame and putting modest level parts. I also have come > to understand some of the Rivendell philosophy of riding. > > I have ridden the bike on good and bad paved roads, gravel and a couple of > farm field roads. In another month I will get to try the bike on some > single/double track, and have several overnighters and a week tour planned. > The Appaloosa is fun, capable and puts a smile on my face! Thank you to > this forum for all the information I have gleaned in the last two years. > Randy > -- 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/59c95f6c-e785-43b6-8afa-664df4d3cb26n%40googlegroups.com.
