Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

s that? List member? >> >> >> >> *From:* rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com] >> *On Behalf Of *Garth >> *Sent:* Monday, August 31, 2015 12:56 PM >> *To:* RBW Owners Bunch >> *Subject:* Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty s

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

Yeah Leisl , of all the Riv frames I must say your design is the absolute coolest ! *Truly long and low with style* ! I cannot see either why the next production frame will not have the 50cm+ chainstays, given the talk-up in the blug saying essentially "there's no reason why not to" !

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

It's good to have a new name. Then less confusion on which "Sam" you are looking at in a given "FS:" listing. The long stay wider tire version or the 42mm tire max version. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

It's good to have a new name. Then less confusion on which "Sam" you are looking at in a given "FS:" listing. The long stay wider tire version or the 42mm tire max version. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

Fun to see a link to my custom; thanks Garth! Yep, my custom differs from the Mystery Bike in that the mid stays are doubled and go right into the asymmetric tentacular stays. And yep it's a Nobilette. I thought of it as a Custom Appaloosa because of the badge on the Mystery (which is what

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

There's a plethora of builders who can help you with that. Rivendell will not be one of them. I don't think rando is un-racerish enough for Grant, and he's definitely not a fan of low-trail. On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Lungimsam wrote: > I'm holding out for a

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

Jim nailed that one On Monday, August 31, 2015 at 10:18:45 AM UTC-5, Jim Bronson wrote: > > ... > I don't think rando is un-racerish enough for Grant, and he's definitely > not a fan of low-trail. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

Hi Garth, I bought one of the proto long bikes late in that program. Seems to me like it was "an experiment, a step in the right direction, a successive approximation" (says so on the decal) that led to the Cheviot, the first production long bike. Mine has the horse head badge that will show

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

BenG, You mean you have a frame like the green one I linked above ? https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8186/8419517174_1e94722b62_b.jpg I like those frames ! Yes, the Chev looks nice . My next frame will likely be custom as I have yet to meet another production frame that can "add to" the fit

RE: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

So, back to calling the long bikes "Mystery Bikes"? From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Garth Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 2:17 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet Thanks Bill

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

groups.com ] *On Behalf Of *Garth > *Sent:* Friday, August 28, 2015 2:17 PM > *To:* RBW Owners Bunch > *Subject:* [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet > > > > > Thanks Bill ! So I'll consider a Appaloosa to mean "prototype" > generically

RE: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

Beautiful – whose bike is that? List member? From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Garth Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 12:56 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet BenG, You mean you have

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

FWIW, Here also is Leisl's frame . It appears to differ in there are 2 diagonal tubes, like really long chainstay kinda tubes. The green one uses one main tube and uses a lug on the seat tube . Regardless, I love this style !

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

List member? > > > > *From:* rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com [mailto: > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com ] *On Behalf Of *Garth > *Sent:* Monday, August 31, 2015 12:56 PM > *To:* RBW Owners Bunch > *Subject:* Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet > >

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

A brown "mystery bike" is my commuting bike. For me, the 50mm tires make it wonderful, the long stays make it different, and the curvy tentacles make it (nearly) unique. Based on my own saddle time on Sam and the long one, the fat-tired Sam called an Appaloosa prototype, the one that started

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

But getting back to the original subject, the Appaloosa, can anyone compare it to known Riv models? One description on the web site says it's like an Atlantis with upsloping head tube. So does that mean Atlantis weight tubing rather than AHH weight tubing? Specs that allow for drop bars? Mostly

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

I'm holding out for a super light tubing, standard tube width, low trail, canti brake, 650b, carbon brush in the headrube, seat tube taillight braze-on, wireless front dropouts, Rivrandobike. They have done everything but, I think, so far. MTN, all road, road, touring, country, single speed,

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

On 08/30/2015 05:03 PM, Lungimsam wrote: I'm holding out for a super light tubing, standard tube width, low trail, canti brake, 650b, carbon brush in the headrube, seat tube taillight braze-on, wireless front dropouts, Rivrandobike. Odds are, you won't get any of that from Rivendell except

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

A Sam by any other name. On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 1:33:23 AM UTC-5, Reid wrote: But getting back to the original subject, the Appaloosa, can anyone compare it to known Riv models? One description on the web site says it's like an Atlantis with upsloping head tube. So does that mean

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

Could be. But if this does everything and more, that would be a lot of redundancy. On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Daniel D. dddon...@gmail.com wrote: But folks at riv keep on mentioning that the Sam is in fact coming back next year? On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 6:45:21 AM UTC-7,

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

They have not done a production long chainstay frame for individual sale , like the one I linked above, or like Leisl's custom . No, the Clems don't count as they were budgeted as complete bikes only and very limited in sizing. As for low trail , how long can you hold your breath ?

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

When a Riv model goes away, it never comes back (Legolas the partial exception). So don't plan seeing a Hillborne anytime soon. But really, why should it come back if the Appaloosa is mostly the same bike but with wider clearances.? I think Sam geometry and a bike w/ wider tires is great

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

I'm interested to see how the pricing shakes out of these new Riv models... If the Appaloosa ends up looking like this web special why would they ever bring the Sam back in the line up. We've all been conditioned to want wider and wider tires after all. It's a great head badge to!

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

But folks at riv keep on mentioning that the Sam is in fact coming back next year? On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 6:45:21 AM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: When a Riv model goes away, it never comes back (Legolas the partial exception). So don't plan seeing a Hillborne anytime soon. But

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

Well, they gotta know there's a big market for it. Lotsa lugged Rando builders around these days in the USA. Randonneuring seems to be exploding in the USA. I think in this years PBP, the USA had more riders than any other country except France. Riv could go Taiwan or Toyo and undercut the

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

Many things can be said about Riv and GP but responding to the market and following others' leads aren't some of them! -J -- 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

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

I ride Big Ben 50's on my Sam a lot, and it has sidepulls. It's why I think it's such an amazing bike. The 50's are the limit of the bike's tire clearance, and if there were mud, I'd have some interference problems. But do Californians know what mud is anymore? One of the shots shows a two

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

I've gotten at most two flats on Big Bens in 2.4 years. They are great on dirt, not sure about gravel. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2015, at 5:15 PM, Surlyprof jmcclu...@gmail.com wrote: We see mud only if we spill our drink in the dirt. Of course, if that drink was water, the spill

Re: [RBW] Re: PSA: Sample Appaloosa is pretty sweet

We see mud only if we spill our drink in the dirt. Of course, if that drink was water, the spill will be followed by the appropriate scornful looks. Thanks for posting the photos. How have the Big Bens been for flat protection and riding on gravel? Most of my commute is along a gravel path