I'm still on the fence with the long chainstays Rivendell is making just because I haven't ridden them yet. I have high hopes for my coming Appaloosa though, so I will reserve mention on the chainstay length.
What I really want in a custom is a canti post mixte frame that can take at least 2.2 inch tires and haul my butt around on fire roads, gravel trails, and singletrack mtb trails (the more buff kind, not the dh course at worlds) I'd actually rather have 29 er wheel size, but that is because all my current mtb's are 29ers and I get along with that size really well on my local trails. I'm a rather short dude, rode a 53 Roadeo, Atlantis, and a 48cm Hillborne and they all fit me well so if it turns out 650b is the better choice I will happily go with that...Grant would have that decision. I would not want 26" tires though...that size is dead for mtb now and tire choice is limited. It will only get worse in the future, unfortunately. I would also like the wheels to be tubeless because that is what I run when trail riding. I used to have numerous flats on my tubed tires until I went tubeless; now flats only happen maybe once a year. Plus, lower tire pressure without worrying about pinch flats. It's a total win. The reason for the mixte frame is standover height. Sometimes you just got to plop out of the saddle onto the ground on the trails and it's always better when there isn't a bar to come in contact with. Plus, I don't, and have never owned a mixte. I need to remedy that. Canti posts because v-brakes and cantis are more powerful and easier to deal with large tires compared to sidepulls. I would want the fancy lugs, Rivendell downtube decal, and that awesome headbadge, just because they are really nice looking. color - first choice would be a really nice looking purple. Second choice would be some sort of butterscotch. The silver low double crank Riv has would be a great crank to use on an mtb focused machine. Bars? Maybe choco moose bars or just the bullmoose bars. Either one would be fine. paul brake levers, brakes (touring cantis or even motolites). Shifting...man, index shifting would be helpful with the ridiculous rolling hills we have locally. If I can get it to work with indexed in the back and friction for the front I would call that a win. On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 9:39:53 PM UTC-6, Joe Bernard wrote: > All this talk of Rivs you'd buy if Grant/Riv made it got me to thinking of > what my custom-I'll-probably-never-order would be. This is isn't outside > the parameters of what they currently build - no Hunqadiscers or F Frames > or cargo bikes - but a custom you can order from Mark Nobilette via Riv > today. Here's mine: > > I'd like something similar to the original Rivendell Mountain, now with > 650B wheels. All the fancy lugs and Joe Bell paint, Candy Apple Red. It'd > be a bit of a Suntour celebration with XC Pro cranks, derailers and cantis, > but with modern Shimano hubs, 8-speed cassette and Silver 2 shifters. Some > kinda retro brake levers from the CNC era, preferably with some red > anodizing. Bars are a tossup between original Riv Bullmoose and Nitto > Jitensha. Boy, now that I've typed this up it sounds like a really nice > bike! Your turn. > > Joe Bernard > > -- 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.
