It's interesting to view a moderately weight weenie thread on this list! expect Rivendell make their frames as heavy as they are largely to avoid breakage and resulting costs of return or repairs; that's a guess.
But reviewers of even the Clem, which I gather from list discussions is built with heavier tubing than the Platypus, describe it as feeling agile and fast; I recall Patrick O'Grady's very favorable review of his new Clem some years ago I can't find it right now but I did come across a surprising number of positive reviews of the Clem in the -- well, perhaps not mainstream but certainly not RBW-list media. I do think weight matters to how fast (or to put the same thing another way, how easy to pedal) a bike *feels,* but IME it's not the only or even the most determining factor, as some of the fastest "feeling" bikes I've owned have been relative tanks, and even had rather heavy wheels, tho' none had f+f+wheels. weighing 18 lb. But I've certainly owned frames much lighter than Rivendells that seemed as able to carry loads and be durable and, in some cases, consistently feel faster than the Rivs they replaced - tho' I've owned heavy frames that also felt faster than comparable Rivendells. On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 10:19 AM Chris Fly <fourf...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... 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 > -- 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/CALuTfguA9zpMs5nhDW-P-1XicyDt91efXQPhsFyHGz6vcXVHmQ%40mail.gmail.com.
