BBDD--No need to worry about me needing a bike SOON. Although I do not currently own a Rivendell, I have an entire fleet of Rivalikes, including my 1946 Bianchi 650B step through city bike, which does Clementine duty. I'm okay with either of the current colors, but I favor the bronze green, though the blue is reminiscent of the Blue Mink Raleigh Professional, which I've always liked.
Ed & Patrick, thanks for the reviews, very helpful. Garth, I mentioned first gen Clem because I remembered they changed the wheels. Just checked and mine are the Alex 18, so a full 6mm narrower. I run big rubber on narrow tires all the time, and I do have a set of Atlas rims, which are slightly wider at 20, so I guess I would use those to start. When/if I go to the full 2.8", I will probably build a second set with wider rims. One other little high class problem is size. With a 73cm saddle setting most days, that's a height that appears in all 4 size ranges. Throwing out the small and the x-large, that leaves Med and Lg. I know Grant would suggest a Large, and I do like big frames just fine--no worries with this design regarding top tube clearance. But I feel like the handling gets a bit more staid, lines tend to lock in more, with the fatter 700c tires, so I am leaning toward the 650B if only for that reason. I had a Jones SWB complete for a bit and I liked the handling on that, road and trail. (Sold it in anticipation of re-acquiring a Riv for the same riding duties. Not a huge fan of discs and push button shifters. Bike was a lot of fun, though, no question about that.) On Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 7:26:05 PM UTC-4, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Oh, Mark,...it’s hard to see you without a Clementine in your future. And > the bonus is that you can have it SOON. Do you like the current offerings > for color? -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2355c0aa-f4a5-47a5-a1f0-270e6e38475e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
