The thing under the seat is a Thudbuster, a kind of mini-suspension. It's a parallelogram with an elastomer insert that squishes just a little.
You're right, Deacon. The bike rolls over all kinds of stuff. The seat is narrow, but it seems to have support just under my sitbones and not where I don't want anything. I'm liking it. The bike took longer to be ready than was initially forecast, and I was getting impatient. Then when they finally called that it was ready, I wasn't sure I was happy. When I noticed I was jumping up and down and grinning from ear to ear, I decided yeah, I was happy. On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > Great looking bike that will roll over all kinds of stuff, Anne! What's the > thing under the seat, and is the seat as narrow as it looks in the phone? > You're gonna have a blast on the beastie! > > With abandon, > Patrick > > > > > On Thursday, March 27, 2014 8:30:49 PM UTC-6, Anne Paulson wrote: >> >> It's not a Rivendell, but it has some Rivvy features. Meet Midnight, >> Prince of Darkness: >> >> >> https://plus.google.com/photos/+JohnLamping/albums/5995658591943182593?authkey=CKDxg7ehtuv6QQ >> >> I got it yesterday, took it out for a longer ride today. Fantastic. I >> quickly got used to the instant Rohloff shifting. Rohloff + belt drive >> means not much maintenance, which is good for someone with my slipshod >> habits. >> >> It's not obvious in the picture, but those tires are not just wide, >> but HUGE. I rode my Atlantis over to get the car to drive up to Cycle >> Monkey to get Midnight. So then I had two bikes to put in the car, and >> I happened to put the Atlantis wheel next to Midnight's wheel. The >> Atlantis' tire is not tiny; I have Schwalbe 1.9's on the bike. >> Midnight's wheel was six inches taller. Huge. >> >> Now I can do dirt tours and not get nervous on narrow bumpy trails. >> >> I have a USB port in the stem. Because I am a nerd. >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Anne Paulson It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
