Most (all?) of us have a strong affinity for steel bikes. Many of us like various classic or retro properties: lugs, friction dt shifters, fewer than 11 cogs, etc. Several of us really enjoy doing builds on classic bikes from the 70s/80s/90s etc. Many of us lament that nothing new or contemporary speaks to us at all. But many others of us do have openings in the stable for things that are decidedly new. Some of us run fatbikes. A few of us maybe has a Gates beltbike, or a newfangled folder, or a dual-suspension 29er. Some of us even have a carbon bike.
My stable is now at 9 bikes all steel, but I'll admit that I'm pretty darned infatuated with this bike: <https://s3.amazonaws.com/NinerCompleteBuilds/Complete_bike_images/RLT+9/RLT9_Force_4star.jpg> A sloping TT road bike, with more BB drop than a cyclocross bike. 135mm rear end, disc brakes. Very smart front facing fork tips and normal wheel axles. Takes 29x1.75 tires without fenders, and would easily run 700x38 tires (tubeless) with fenders. Has all the integrated fender mount points. Has a PF30 BB that makes it easy to set it up as a singlespeed. Add to that I can get the frame/fork/headset from Jenson for $1050 and get a free $250 gift card for my next purchase(s). So it's an $800 frameset. I'm having a hard time thinking of anything not to like. Five years ago, when we whined that modern bikes were designed too much for pure road racers, this is the kind of thoroughly modern real-world bike I thought was missing. I have bikes that are setup to carry loads well. For mixed terrain stuff that I'd do unloaded, this bike would definitely get ridden. I imagine it would be incredibly fun Are there any thoroughly modern bikes that tempt you? -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
