Leah: Your paeans (I had to look up the spelling) to your Clem are almost heartbreakingly eloquent, and yes, the wavy fenders are aethereally (ditto) beautiful. And how many of the rest of us have wrestled in prayer with the length of stems?
Me, all the talk about the comfort and agility of vastly long-stayed Rivs off road makes me want to try a Clem or Gus or whateverthehelltherightdirtroadmodelis, upright bar and everything. But (question for all): don't Rivendell seating positions presuppose a low gear, seated, twiddling style of pedaling? How do the Gus and so forth do when the rider likes to mash and stand? On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 2:13 PM Leah Peterson <jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Doug. This bike has really endeared itself to me. I love what it > can do (haul it all, total comfort, luxurious ride) and that it is also an > unlikely beauty. I do think it looks a little long and can see how that > turns some folks off to it, but I think if you only paid attention to the > ride you’d love it. My initial complaint was that I didn’t want the bars so > far from me, but most folks don’t seem to complain about that. I will also > say the wheelbase is as long as my Saris rack can possibly take. I always > feel like I’m not going to be able to make tight turns, but that hasn’t > been true. > > If those things are not troublesome to you, I can’t imagine why you > wouldn’t like a Clem! And the L version has great resale if you really > couldn’t live with it, so now you’re all out of excuses. I await your New > Bike Day post. Oh, and get the wavy fenders! > Sent from my iPad > > > On Dec 1, 2019, at 10:29 AM, DHans <dhansford1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I really like the way you’ve outfitted the Clem L. It is classy > looking. I can’t help but think of “land yacht” when I see these bikes. I > think the low tube makes it look even longer. I also think the design uses > the form follows function idea in that the wheelbase was extended enough to > allow for a stable comfy ride. I wish I could ride one before purchasing > but I may just take a chance and buy a frame when one comes up for sale. > > Doug > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/x8e3syetp6I/unsubscribe > . > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/65ad8c4c-1bb1-4f6b-8a2a-607922a80fca%40googlegroups.com > . > > -- > 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/0E62B485-175B-448F-960A-7A27082E5ACE%40gmail.com > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfgsFmbrJvojM51vT6YsNuhUoQTEyCJjzodjUmFXBkjFppA%40mail.gmail.com.
