Roadeo, Roadini, Sam, Homer, and the Nitto Noodle? FWIW, after having used any number of drop bars, my favorite is the Maes Parallel, available from Rene Herse but not from Rivendell. (Rivendell ought to offer it!)
Patrick Moore, present and former owner of 5 Rivendell drop bar road/roady-ish bikes On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 11:56 AM Chuck Blessing <cfich...@gmail.com> wrote: > I really like the Rivendell approach to bikes and bike technology with the > idea of a more upright posture and a long wheelbase for long rides at a > comfortable pace, but it seems like the models all lean heavily to what > they call "country bikes." I like to ride from my house, and that means > riding almost exclusively on smooth (mostly) pavement. Can anyone suggest > which models are better suited for road riding? Reading and comparing the > descriptions, it seems that the Homer might be a good choice, or possibly > the Appaloosa or Atlantis? Or the new Charlie Gallop, though I haven't > heard much about how it is supposed to ride? I tried a Roadini (which I > recently listed here and sold), but I think it was too big for me. I never > felt comfortable on it. Maybe I just needed it in the right size. > > I would like the bike to work well with drop bars because of the multiple > hand positions and they're just what I'm used to. I tried a bike with swept > bars recently, but found I wasn't comfortable on longer rides. And when > riding on streets with minimal shoulder width, I felt like I was going to > catch the end of them on mailboxes or other obstacles. Maybe there's a > handlebar in Rivendell's catalog that works well for road riding? > > I'd appreciate any comments, especially if someone does this type of > riding and has tried several of these models. Thanks. > > Chuck > > -- > 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/ffe4848a-d3bc-4cd1-b75e-0260676c5865n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ffe4848a-d3bc-4cd1-b75e-0260676c5865n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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/CALuTfgttykF8-ybhH__XXuM37qSQi%2B1x2ifPCP72ZcP2Yn%2BiLg%40mail.gmail.com.
