Speculating about the new Riv MTB, my favorite pastime! I think I will end up buying one; here are my (wild speculations) regarding points #2 and #3,
It seems that the new MTB will have been designed from the beginning mainly for trails, whereas the Clem was more designed as an all-rounder that was beefy enough in the frame tubing and tire clearance to handle off-roading. Thus, I would speculate that if you ride your Clem as an all-rounder, utility bike, "country bike" etc. and are happy with it, ride on! Whereas, if you're like me and mainly use your Clem for riding rough trails (I've got a Surly LHT that fills the all-rounder/"country bike" niche for me), and could imagine that a couple of the talked-about changes (more tire clearance and threadless headset stand out to me) being a benefit for that type of riding, the new MTB is an attractive option. In terms of fanciness, that remains to be seen, probably until the prototypes come out. About the only construction detail on the frame that we know is that it will have the same type of fork as the HHH tandem, which I like but wouldn't necessarily say is "fancier" than the other Rivendell forks. In terms of the frame, the question is, how many lugs? If there are non-lugged joints, will they be TIGged or fillet brazed? On Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 2:09:44 PM UTC-7, LeRoy wrote: > > Here are two snippets from Rivendell; the first from the "Big Ol' > Seasonal Blowout Sale" email, the second from the Clem Smith Jr. page: > > *"...a new mountain bike planned for next year. Still about six months off > for both of those. The new bike will kind of replace the Clem H, which is > still the best bang for your buck in our lineup, but the frames and > completes we get in next week will be the last ever unfortunately. The new > mountain bike will be fancier fwiw."* > > (wrt Clem Smith Jr.) *"I/Grant think of it as a mountain bike–and the > frame does pass the mountain bike EN test, the toughest in the world, so > it’s not going to break on you."* > > I'm the quite happy owner of a 59cm Clem H. It suits me and my needs very > well. I don't know if I need a new bike. But who doesn't need the Nth > bike? So, I've dug around for new MTB information among the Riv posts, > Blugs and Blaghs yet I'm not able to answer several general questions. > Further, I realize that too little is known about the coming soon-ish > Rivendell MTB to make many definitive statements. And finally, I realize > that my own lack of a detailed understanding of general bike geometry > limits my ability to make sense of what seems to be known about the new MTB > as it relates to my Clem H or other bikes. > > So, my question(s) is/are: > > 1. What is it, in general, that would make the new MTB supplant the > need for Rivendell to continue making the Clem H? > 2. As a happy Clem owner, what might there be about the MTB that > would make a difference, and in what kind of riding might the > difference(s) > be most apparent? > 3. As a more trivial aside, what is expected to be "fancier" about > the MTB? > > Thanks for any assistance and, if my questions are too rudimentary -- or > too premature -- for forum discussion, don't hesitate to tell me to keep my > powder dry and patiently wait for the formal MTB release and more details. > -- 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.
