Riv content: Albatross-inspired handlebars ;) Seattle-area weather gets fickle around this time of year. There's an equal chance of crisp, sunny days and gray, drizzly ones. Saturday was closer to the former. With the Quickbeam en route to a new home, I took my commuter out into the fall foliage for a between-Rivs "country biking" session.
Some photos and comments are here <https://www.flickr.com/gp/93513892@N04/d851M9>. It totaled about 20 miles with, perhaps, a couple thousand feet of total climbing. I previously rode that route last winter on a light, 20-speed "gravel" bike (long since sold due to lack of utility). The fairly upright single-speed was a totally different experience, but a *more* enjoyable one despite the grunting and groaning that a sole, 62" gear induces on 15% hills. I was delighted with the combination of 480mm chainstays and a longer top tube with Albatross-like bars, even on fairly harsh 35c tires that weren't totally up to the task. It took all of five miles to become clear that a little more of the same--a bit more chainstay length, BB drop, tire clearance, not to mention Riv build quality--would be sublime. -- 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.
