I toyed around with low trail - and now I just want to get on the bike as it is and ride it. If it handles a little funny with a heavy front load, well, so be it. For me, Grant's design works great. With a Wald basket full of 25lbs, I just use two hands. You can always try a different fork and switch it out when you want.
On Jan 23, 8:32 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 1/23/09 6:51 AM, Larry Powers at lapower...@hotmail.com wrote: > > > Riv/Grant intentionally build high trail bikes so modifying one of their > > bikes > > to a low trail bike goes against their philosophy and In my mind creates a > > bike that is no longer a Rivendell. > > My strong belief is that Grant builds the bikes that perform the way he > likes, and they happen to have high trail. > > - J > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Get your photos posted:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines > > "Then I sat up, wiped the water out of my eyes, and looked at my bike, and > just like that I knew it was dead" > > -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
