I think weight matters and one of the main reasons I LOVE looking at the Riv site and Riv bikes. but currently only own my Dad's AHH that was given to me when he passed.. I would never quibble over a couple pounds here or there, but reading through this thread and seeing the OP's frame/fork/wheels weigh 18# (if I read it correctly) is insane to me.. I fully believe a 15# weight difference WILL make a fairly big difference on a ride, esp one with hills.. at least for how I like to ride. I got my first Riv back in 2008ish and Grant certainly wasn't worrying about weight then as my Bleriot I had was certainly overbuilt for sure, but it wasn't too crazy..
Anyway, I'm certain I'm the outlier here in my thinking and that's ok, I still love looking at the classic Rivs and enjoy riding my Dad's AHH. Chris in Sonoma County On Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 7:49:52 AM UTC-8 rmro...@gmail.com wrote: > Which circles back to original post. Having disassembled my Silver crank I > have a new appreciation for it. It’s quite beautifully manufactured and now > lighter thanks to the aluminum chainring. White Industries square taper > crank in comparison is also beautiful & MUSA. But, complete with chainrings > weighs 624 grams & cost $521.00. Silver crank complete with chainguard > weighs 781 grams & cost $280.00. So for your extra $241.00 you save 157 > grams or .346 lb. > At the end of the day (kind of hate that phrase, not sure why?) as Riv > owners our frames are heavy especially in my case (Clem & Gus) as are our > wheels particularly if you are running larger tires & dynamo hubs. That > leaves the remainder of the components where any marginal gains are > expensive. > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 14, 2024, at 9:09 AM, Sarah Carlson <sarahlik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Leah, now you will probably chime in with me and Joe on the conversations > when we discuss how a crank can also be beautiful..... Because once you > recognize it you won't be able to unsee it! > > Sarah > > On Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 4:04:25 AM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> You guys are going to make me want to fall down the rabbit hole again and >> find little ways to lighten up my raspberry Platypus. And I have now just >> practically sent an invitation for people to tell me that weight doesn’t >> matter and I should think about the engine (me) and so on but not even >> they can discourage me! I can have one bike to be irrational about. >> >> I did do a version of this of the Formerly Mine Clem. I got aluminum bars >> and new wheels and tires, got rid of the basket rack and it did make a >> difference. I was riding that thing for all purposes, including for fast >> exercise kind of rides. Dumb, but whatever. >> >> I don’t know about this White Industries stuff but I suppose I’ll go read >> about them now. >> Thanks a lot you guys. Yikes. >> Leah >> >> On Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 6:13:09 AM UTC-5 brendonoid wrote: >> >>> This thread made me finally weigh my 59cm Susie and it came in 15.9kg. >>> which is more than I thought tbh. It would be 17kg normally I guess but >>> currently doesn't have front rack and basket. >>> There are a lot of places I could save weight I suppose. I have straight >>> guage spokes, and b17 flyer, dyno with rear light. The R14 weighs over >>> 800grams, the old M565 LX hub is hefty... >>> Oh dear... >>> >> -- > > 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/69b71767-24b3-4479-8016-25db4c3769e5n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/69b71767-24b3-4479-8016-25db4c3769e5n%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/356e6af8-9fce-4081-9dda-0e9b464868a0n%40googlegroups.com.
