That bike is absolutely hideous, but to each their own! There's another frame builder that did a similar build without susp correction and toscos. I am certain many of Rivendell's design features will trickle into mainstream MTB as some innovative tech (specialized / salsa) and performance bike culture in general in the coming years. The way the XO-1 pioneered modern gravel bikes and 650b revivals...
On Monday, May 29, 2023 at 5:41:10 PM UTC-7 rmro...@gmail.com wrote: > Interesting article for sure. Kind of lost me at “suspension corrected” > but still interesting. On the subject of Susie vs. Gus; when both frames > were available Grant said in his description that there was “no ride > difference” between the two. I don’t know, having only ridden the Gus. I > think the Gus is a very capable MTB. Perhaps not the best choice for really > aggressive riding but pretty darn perfect for the trails I ride & the way I > ride them. Also, the v brakes are definitely up to the task. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 29, 2023, at 4:03 PM, Joe D. <joed...@umich.edu> wrote: > > Here's a neat article about a rider and frame builder inspired by Riv's > Susie Longbolts: > > > https://bikepacking.com/bikes/maestro-rat-snake-prototype/ > > It makes me wonder what their impression would be of a stiffer Rivendell > Hillibike, like the Atlantis or especially Gus Boots Wilson. > > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1c1d2f49-e398-4c2d-9573-5033955c87fbn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1c1d2f49-e398-4c2d-9573-5033955c87fbn%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/7fc43f7b-866e-4c1a-a9f0-c16b0217393bn%40googlegroups.com.
