I have a couple of bikes from Seven and a new Calfee built to the "Adventure" spec. They are all "Riv-ish" in spec and set up, all at least 67 cm, and not one weighs over 20 lbs.
I also attempted to sell recently, a 64 Sam, brand new, which did not sell without giving it away. This past weekend, and tweaked the fit a bit and took it out for about 40-ish miles. All I kept thinking was, "Boy this bike is comfy". Not that the others aren't- I've done double-metrics on all, but after a while, I backed off a bit and just rode this bike in it's sweet spot. Boy, it was comfy :) And I kept staring at the stunning orange paint. RGZ Sent from my iPad On Aug 27, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 17:00 -0400, Peter Morgano wrote: >> Not be banal but Rivendell bikes are lugged steel bikes. I dont think >> a CF bike with 25c tires is really "Rivish" at all, I mean how far are >> we going to strech a made up term anyway? Not hating on that kind of >> bike at all, rode one I have up at the parents house over the weekend >> and while it was really fun it would not be my choice for longer rides >> and comfort. > > Clearly there are two aspects of Rivendell bicycles, steel tubing and > lugged construction, that no Ti or carbon bike will have. But it's not > hard to imagine Ti bikes that have Rivendellian characteristics. > > I saw one on the road the other day, a Hampsten Strada Bianca with long > reach sidepulls, nominally 27mm but actual width 30 mm Challenge > Parigi-Roubaix tires, longer than "usual" chainstays, all typical for > Rivendells, and indeed a bicycle very much at home on gravel roads > (that's what "Strada Bianca" means). Crank was again typical Riv fare, > a Sugino square taper crank with what looked like a 46T or smaller big > ring. > > It belongs to a guy I know on the VSalon forum who lives not far from > me, and it's his daily commuter -- again, certainly "Rivish". Of > course, it had brifters and a carbon fork, that last anathema in > Rivworld, but if there was such a thing as a Titanium Rivendell, this > would have been it. > > I've not ridden it, but I would confidently expect it to be very > comfortable for long rides. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
