Looks swanky, though personal preference for me is flat bars with cushy grips when it comes to rough off-roading; having my hands in the hoods while i'm getting bounced around at any noticeable speed just isn't comfortable for me and my thumb wedges.
The idea of just riding your bike with what works and not always looking at what the trends are or what the "best" bike/gear/tech for a situation seems very Riv. Happy riding everyone, Collin On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 10:22:38 AM UTC-8, Ryan M. wrote: > > Check out this Radavist article. > > > https://theradavist.com/2019/01/ultra-romance-and-his-rivendell-atlantis-mountain-bike/?no_cache=1&fbclid=IwAR2wUcRjIMLbddCD5n4U4xA6rikEuINj9y-XjlIZfnJOQgsysE7OwTA6N4o#1 > > Yes, you can ride a Rivendell like an MTB and have a ton of fun doing it. > Man, I wish I were tall enough to get a second top tube Riv, because I > think they look awesome. > > > > This is a great setup for an off road Rivendell, but I would go with a > Cambium saddle instead of a leather one, personally, but whatever. I > haven't used drop bars on an off road bike except for cyclocross stuff, and > those bars I've always felt were too narrow. Not these; check out the width > of the bars...just wonderful. I have to try and get a similar bike together > as I just bought a set of these bars in 615 length. I was thinking about > installing them on my Appaloosa but I'm really digging the Bullmoose bars I > have on it right now. > > Huh, might need another frame now. > > > -- 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.
