I'm in this camp. I looked longingly at Rivs and bought a Surly instead. I spent more money converting it to 650b to get the wider tires, but (obviously) still not a Riv. I finally bought a Riv and haven't looked back. My brother in law did the same thing. Ditched the Surly for the Riv Sam Hillborne and has been smiling ever since.
I know that sometimes you just need something that will get the job done, but the Riv will do that with a grin on your face, and that is worth a lot in my book because the utilitarian bike will only be ridden when you have to ride it, but the bike you want to ride will be ridden to be ridden, and that's good for you and the planet. Toshi On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 9:02 AM Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Most everyone on this group could tell the story about how they knew Bike > X was the right bike for them, but they couldn't afford it. They searched > for Bike Y which was almost as good and half the price. Then they upgrade, > fix, enhance Bike Y to get it closer to what Bike X would have been. The > total cost of Bike Y ends up being higher than Bike X would have been. > Finally, give up Bike Y at a huge loss and buy Bike X. > > The point being: Sometimes the cheapest option is to save up until you can > buy the right bike, whatever the price. I don't know if that's the > situation here. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 7:44:29 PM UTC-7, Friend wrote: >> >> My friend is in search of a new bike. Everything she describes screams >> CLEM to me. Touring capable. Big tire clearance. Upright. Potentially >> Stepthrough. Thing is, it's hard to find a complete Clem for less than >> $1,300. If you were trying to come close, with say, half that amount, what >> would you search for? Thanks for any suggestions >> > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0b300dd7-ef33-4d35-b81e-979efc26f0e0%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0b300dd7-ef33-4d35-b81e-979efc26f0e0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGB59xwWX4DSmeFvB_WQe-EtosKvi3KSdTwbNpFRoR92ObGuiQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
