I wish I could experience the Appaloosa, but I'm out of proportion for it. Excited for it's huge cousin Clem coming out this summer, looking forward to a ridiculously? long wheelbase. Anyways, I wanted to back you on the loud freewheel thing being a plus. I had an Ultegra ultrastealth bird watching hub for awhile and found myself having to ding all the time, now with a cheaper/louder/stronger Deore I can lay off the bell. -Kai Brooklyn
On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 10:19:19 PM UTC-4, Patrick D Kelly wrote: > > This may sound trite, but I'm gonna jump to amplify one word Bill > used: easy. Riding my Appaloosa also struck me also as being "easy". > It's a word that came to me when riding mine, but it sounds too > trivial, almost, to speak of. I suspect that riding in a more upright > position affects my riding attitude. I feel less aggressive, and more > relaxed. But, I did find it was easy to go quick, too. I expect to > find that my Joe will be at least as fast as my old bike (which is > fairly tank-like). > > Relative to handling, I found that it was not a big deal. I'm not a > super-cyclist by any means, but when people see the super long > chainstay, they assume it's got to ride differently. My friend and I > compared wheelbases between his bombadil and my joe app. His wheelbase > is actually a fraction of an inch longer. This is because he's taller > and has a much bigger bike. The chainstay is shorter on his, but > overall, they are nearly the same length. Point being that even with a > "radical" long chainstay, the bike is not really radically long. Are > there a lot of 6'2" people complaining about how their bicycle is too > long to navigate? I don't think so. > > A curious thing, to me, was that I found myself pulling up on the > handlebars on acceleration. I assume it's the difference in riding > position. I guess that since I'm not leaning so heavily forward, > there's not as much weight on my feet/legs. It's not anything > stressful, it was just something I discovered I was doing. > > It's also been mentioned (in some thread about Joes) that the rear hub > is loud. It's not the loudest I've heard, but it is louder than > average. Personally I find this to be a feature, since you can stop > pedaling a bit when coming up behind people and they may hear you > coming. It's less alarming than a bell. > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Bill Lindsay <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Meditate on Rule #10: > > > > Rule #10 > > > > The harder I pedal the faster it goes. I have not done a Strava > comparison > > to quantify my speed output relative to my perceived level of exertion > > input. I can ride it as hard as I like, and if I work harder it goes > > faster. If I ease up it goes slower, just like my other Rivendells, and > > just like all my other bikes. > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 5:38:07 PM UTC-7, Lungimsam wrote: > >> > >> How dors it feel going uphill, compared to your other rivs? > Easier/harder > >> to get up them hills? > > > > -- > > 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] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
