The longer wheelbase for a touring machine would be handy but the absence of a front deraileur would not. When you are old,fat and carrying additional baggage a 22x32x44 with a wide cassette is a necessity....even if you are not doing loaded touring. The area I live is not Kansas and while the hills can be as steep as SF usually they are much longer. I would not buy a touring/all rounder frame if it couldn't use wide range gearing. The mystery bike seems more suited to cruising the trails surrounding Riv headquarters and city riding based on the gearing restrictions......it might be fine unloaded on hills for a young, lean rider however.
On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 5:34:43 AM UTC-8, cbone97 wrote: > > Any speculation on the relationship of this bike to the "Fat tire, > super duty tourer"??? due this summer? Couldn't be the same bike, > could it? Fat tire? - yes. Super duty? - maybe with more braze-ons. > Tourer? - this is where it seems unlikely unless extended cruising is > the new touring... > > I'd be excited to know the Appaloosa IS the ftsdt - or that I'll be > able to get my hands on one in 2013 anyway. I'm even ok with the > color. > > Happy New Year! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/NT0zNk5c6_4J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
