Thanks for playing along Stuart. For the record, I think the LHT is a very good bike.
I wonder what the resale value of these Rosco Bubbe mini-runs will be? I have one and will soon have two of them. My blue Rosco Road liftatube frame was $925. In 10 years, will it be worth $400? $700? Or will it go up in value like an Ibis Scorcher or an X0-1? Lob only knows. You know somebody will write up an ebay description about how it's a collectible limited edition one-of-ten-ever-made item. BL in EC On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 2:05:39 PM UTC-7, Stuart Lovinggood wrote: > > I duly concede to Bill that my comparisons may have been over-generalized. > > FWIW, I've ridden an unloaded LHT (rented for a week in Portland) and > thought it was plenty fun, and granted it was two years ago but I would say > it was very similar to riding my Joe now. > > Back to the topic, and I'm pretty sure this has been said before, but Rivs > have pretty good resale value, especially a newer one with presumably less > miles. So when a new shiny thing comes up, the best bang for your buck can > sometimes feel like the easiest way to go, even if it means selling a > pretty bike like a Joe. > > On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 2:49:13 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> Stuart says the Appaloosa is a nicer, upright Surly Long Haul Trucker. >> To prove his point he attached photos of two 26" wheel Surly Long Haul >> Truckers, one with rim brakes and one with disc brakes, both with drop >> bars. >> >> I concede the point with a proviso: If your bike-category-buckets are so >> large that two bikes with different wheel sizes, different handlebar types >> and significantly different frame geometry can be categorized as >> equivalent, then the Appaloosa is not unique. If the buckets have a little >> more specificity, only then can one argue the Appaloosa is a unique design. >> >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 10:55:24 AM UTC-7, Stuart Lovinggood wrote: >>> >>> A lot, maybe not most, of people buy Rivs sight unseen. And because most >>> people have only ever ridden bikes with shorter wheelbases, it's not >>> necessarily clear exactly how a longer one will affect handling, especially >>> because everyone's bodies and abilities are different. I would say it all >>> ultimately depends on exactly how and where you ride the bike, so I >>> wouldn't write someone off for trying something new. >>> >>> As for the Joe being the first and only bike of its kind, I'd say the >>> Joe is a nicer, upright version of the LHT so I wouldn't really make that >>> claim at all. I've attached some photos of the LHT I'm thinking of here. >>> >> -- 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.
