Here's my perspective, it is a subjective opinion in a world of bicycles where people froth at the mouth over the most inconsequential details. I own and ride regularly; a 63cm Waterford Homer (2012) MIT 60cm Sam double TT with sidepulls (2013) 58cm Appaloosa (2017)
I would never describe the ride of any of these bikes as sporty. The Homer is still the most beautiful thing in the whole world with its more traditional geometry and I still ride it every single day because it is my commuter. On the weekends though I'm riding my appaloosa on the trails. I find it so easy to power up a hill in the saddle with a high cadence with that mad wheelbase to the point that when i ride my Sam up the same trail i find myself popping wheelies or losing traction using the same technique. Descents again the long wheelbase is superior. Even on tight single track i find I'm working with the bike instead of being out of the saddle and whipping the bike around under me I feel like I'm in the bike surfing the berms. It's radically different and just wonderful. The current line up of Rivs just aren't as pretty as the used to be (I still wish I'd bought a Hunq when i could've) but they are getting better and better to actually ride. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c3d81005-d4f6-4070-b29d-2f0fbef41261%40googlegroups.com.
