Reminds me of the Jack Taylor Rough Stuff. I think the calipers vs cantilever is more of the shame than losing the swoopy tube. Overall a good lookin bike.
On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 11:13:20 AM UTC-7 iamkeith wrote: > > > On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 8:54:47 AM UTC-6 brok...@gmail.com > wrote: > > .. does that mean the weight limit on those is going to be even lighter > than before? Do you need to be a 150 lb rider to ride one now? I > specifically chose the Gus because of all the discussions around the > purported weight limits they placed on the > > > > Ok.. what I'm wondering *now*, is if there will still be a Gus too, > after all. I may have not followed closely enough and don't want to go > back and search old info, but I thought the reason that we all assumed the > Gus and Susie were merging into a single model was because a blug blurb > said something about a "hybrid." But could that have meant a hybrid in > terms of lugs PLUS fillet welds? That's what these samples appear to be. > > Regarding weight limits, it seems that - with a couple of notable > exceptions discussed in the group - the original Susie was alot stronger > than anticipated. So I wouldn't fret too much if you're considering > getting one. I'm a big guy myself, and certainly have no qualms riding my > own Susie in rough conditions. It doesn't flex nearly as much as other > bikes I own. > > I kind of thought the biggest difference between the gus's and susie's > relative frame stregths came from their tubing diameters - especially the > downtube, but including the headtube. Maybe they could just thicken guage > of the smaller-diameter tubing if they wanted to make the susie stronger? > Or make thin the gauge of the gus if they wanted to make it lighter? But > the later would require new lugs and we know Grant doesn't like thin, > easily-dented tubing. > > The oddest thing about not having a Gus Boots Willsen model is going to be > explaining to people where Susie W Longbolts and Wolbis Slugstone derived > from. > -- 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/e78a08ba-ef26-4aef-b37a-a6271a7f296bn%40googlegroups.com.
