The point of long chainstay "grousers" may be that so many of the shorter-stayed Rivendells were such wonderfully handling bikes. I for one am very, very glad that I learned what "perfect" road bike handling can be with 4 ~44.5 cm-stayed Rivendell road bikes and a first-gen Sam Hillborne.
I've not ridden a current-gen long-stayed Rivendell; the Clems get very good reviews from many surprising quarters (Patrick O'Grady) and it's one I keep near the top of the mental "you might think of getting this" list. I expect long stays add many benefits to ride and "feel." But I'd hesitate to add another 5 cm to the 45 cm stays (to end of dropout) of my benchmark remaining Riv Road custom -- because it's perfect as-is. -- 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/CALuTfgs6f7ABPvY%2BQ4tTH20n86t6HF4khoybX%2BLHwAgkqqDsPw%40mail.gmail.com.
