I had my 51 650b Joe setup as a mostly road/dirt touring bike for a couple years, and it has gone through many iterations since then (currently living life as a 1x9 flatland commuter). Is it a road race bike? No. Is it a fun bike to ride on the road and connect the many dirt trails/roads/etc. that a road bike would struggle on? Yes.
It was already mentioned, but short stems are your friend, and personally I like the more modern-style drops with shorter reach and drop. A couple photos for inspiration from Auburn area dirt trails: I'd think your legolas would fit that niche better than a Joe, but at the same time I wouldn't dare suggest to someone on this list to not buy another Rivendell. Cheers, Collin in Sunny Berkeley On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 7:36:33 AM UTC-7 reynoldslugs wrote: > Hi all, can’t remember the last time I posted. Long-time Rivendell > rider, since 1998 or so; my current stable includes Atlantis, Legolas, > Custom, Rambouillet, Heron Road, maybe one or two others (I gave my > Quickbeam to a friend when my knees got to creaky for fixed gear riding). > > My current curiosity/notion/interest is whether I should add an Appaloosa > to the flock. If any of you ride one as a mostly-road, perhaps drop-bar > bike, I would be grateful for your impressions, feedback. > > I do a fair amount of road + steep gravel rides - - if you are familiar > with Sonoma County, that means Coleman Valley + Willow Creek, and Sonoma > Mountain Road + Bald Mountain. I’m interested in a bike that does well on > pavement and rides well on steep, rutted, dirt and gravel roads. > > Grateful for any opinions and feedback, thanks. > > Max Beach > Santa Rosa CA > -- 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/235d7c82-0d32-4f06-b38e-c6ac23156247n%40googlegroups.com.
