I am assuming Lungisam was joshing a bit there, regarding cut steerer tubes--though I have seen this phenomena before. It would certainly be puzzling as to why someone would want to buy an expensive new bike only to "modify" it to do something it was not designed to do, especially when there are as many or more bicycles in the same company's lineup that do exactly the same thing. And as Will points out, no way are you cutting through those "napkin rings" on the Clems. Unless it is a price issue, in which case, buy used or a different brand or create a "poor person's" version.
On somewhat of a tangent, right now at this time, in my opinion, we are experiencing an overwhelming number of options in bicycles, so much so as to be perhaps partially to blame for a rash of princessandthepeaitis. Despite the vast selection of bicycle types, configurations, tires, handlebar styles, brakes, racks, lights, fenders, gears (gears!) etc. etc. etc., some of us become obsessed with creating/finding/buying that Goldilocks bike, the one that will make us happiest. I know I've had my head turned more than once by a new model, and been well down the road of imagining a build, before reminding myself that I already have a bicycle (or two!) that does 93-110% of what this fabulous new one does. My New Year's resolution is to continue to reign in this lust, and even to let go of a couple of bikes. It's hard, because bikes are such wonderful machines! But for me, at some point, I cross a line and having too much can start to work against all the fun and functionality, even if only in subtle ways. In my heart, I aspire to be one of those who live with one bicycle. On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 5:47:16 AM UTC-5, William deRosset wrote: > > Set yhe Appaloosa up as a drop-bar bike? The Appaloosa geometry sure reads > like a bike designed for upright bars, and it is specified as such. Also, > because it has a threaded steerer and reinforced head tube lugs, you won't > be cutting it down to lower the bars. It is compatible with drop bars, in > the same sense that an early Ritchey mountain bike is compatible. > > > I think you have outlined the drop-bar options in your post. > > Best Regards, > Will > William M deRosset > Fort Collins CO > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
