Re: [RBW] Cheviot Thoughts and Impressions

2015-08-29 Thread dstein
Great review! And having ridden with you on that bike while you on some of the back side trails in china camp and marin headlands, you absolutely shredded it while I lagged a long ass ways behind you on my hunqapillar. To counterpoint though, I never felt any of that on my cheviot the brief

Re: [RBW] Cheviot Thoughts and Impressions

2015-08-29 Thread Deacon Patrick
Great pics of fantastic adventures! Thanks, Clayton! Here's the link to Clayton's Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/claytonesseff/ With abandon, Patrick On Friday, August 28, 2015 at 10:13:47 PM UTC-6, Clayton.sf wrote: There are two in this post. More on Flickr. Handle is clayton.esseff.

Re: [RBW] Cheviot Thoughts and Impressions

2015-08-28 Thread Clayton.sf
Yes! Had to check my journal, but I did go camping in Samuel Taylor that day, so likely was me. Small world! -- 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

Re: [RBW] Cheviot Thoughts and Impressions

2015-08-28 Thread Deacon Patrick
Well, now we need pics, Clayton! With you, your steed, and your gun tottin' hatchet! Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Friday, August 28, 2015 at 10:05:21 PM UTC-6, Clayton.sf wrote: Yes, that was most likely me, was riding back from an s24o in Samuel Taylor that very vary day. -- You

Re: [RBW] Cheviot Thoughts and Impressions

2015-08-28 Thread Clayton.sf
Yes, that was most likely me, was riding back from an s24o in Samuel Taylor that very vary day. -- 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

Re: [RBW] Cheviot Thoughts and Impressions

2015-08-28 Thread Clayton.sf
There are two in this post. More on Flickr. Handle is clayton.esseff. Can post some more on Monday too, but can't figure out how to do this from my phone. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: [RBW] Cheviot Thoughts and Impressions

2015-08-28 Thread James Warren
Did I see you riding this bike on Sir Francis Drake toward Fairfax near Woodacre on Saturday morning, August 1, looking fairly loaded for touring? Whoever it was on his Cheviot, it looked perfect and made me want to be doing the exact same thing. Great photo here too! Sent from my iPhone On

[RBW] Cheviot Thoughts and Impressions

2015-08-28 Thread Clayton.sf
Shared this with Rivendell already, but figured there is probably some interest here too: The following musings only pertain to the 60cm / 700c version and are a longwinded way of saying the bike is amazing. (I am 6’ tall, male, 165lb.) This is a very special (in a good way) bike. I own two

Re: [RBW] Cheviot Thoughts and Impressions

2015-08-28 Thread Eric Daume
Great review, now for some pictures! Eric On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Clayton.sf clayton...@gmail.com wrote: Shared this with Rivendell already, but figured there is probably some interest here too: The following musings only pertain to the 60cm / 700c version and are a longwinded way

Re: [RBW] Cheviot Thoughts and Impressions

2015-08-28 Thread Patrick Moore
Yes, please, and I'd like to hear others' impressions of the Cheviot as a relatively light duty singletracker. I gather that the design requires a swept-back bar, and I was interested to hear how well Clayton found it to climb. I've long disliked an upright position because, with a normal top

Re: [RBW] Cheviot Thoughts and Impressions

2015-08-28 Thread Clayton.sf
Here some pictures: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ET9GuRH93jQ/VeD5yd1gwpI/APQ/sdZSD3kqtnQ/s1600/20165922896_de2abe8620_z.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_zVu_z3BY2Q/VeD54GExKRI/APY/FhEKTaGsne4/s1600/19817591590_cd5fa8595e_o.jpg Best, Clayton On Friday, August