Definitely exciting. Great bike, great name. Kind of the new flagship model, really. As for discs and bigger tires, no doubt they are fun. I bought a Jones Complete in 2018, when Clem Ls were scarce on the ground. I had to sell my first one for financial reasons. Anyway, I enjoyed the Jones, but ultimately I liked the Clem L more--more versatile, easier to fender and rack, better climber, better descender, better looks--so I sold the Jones and got another Clem. YMMV. Re size. Looks like the Joes are 55/58? and you are on the borderline of a 51/55, so plenty big. 58 starts at a PBH of 89-90. Unless I'm missing something here.
On Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 1:21:37 PM UTC-5, MAP wrote: > > I bought one! An Appaloosa that is, not a dryer. > It'll be my first Rivendell. I've been a fan for years now. > But I was torn on what to buy. I wrote Will, asking for an Appaloosa and > I got my wish. > I'll go with this and then see if I really want bigger tires or disc > brakes. I'd rather try Riv first. > I'm 5'11" and measured my PBH at 85 cm and was told to get the 54 cm frame. > Again, I was torn on that or to get the 57 cm. But I think their bikes > are big enough to not worry about sizing down a tad. > Excited, > -Matt > in San Diego > > > On Monday, January 27, 2020 at 9:56:05 AM UTC-8, Mark Roland wrote: >> >> I "snap" 'em a few times, and might hand-smooth quickly before and/or >> after hanging. If the hand pressing doesn't do it, any apparent stiffness >> goes away once you put it on and your body heat hits it. Ditto usually for >> any wrinkles of note. I've done controlled testing with line-dry vs. >> machine dry, nobody could tell the difference. Except the line dry smells >> nicer. I think it adds to the longevity of the clothes, too. >> >> There was an article years ago in an UTNE Reader that listed the Five >> most useful inventions, Clothes line, condom, bicycle, fan, can't remember >> the last one. Re: deodorant stains. Also years ago, Grant wrote something >> about rubbing with a bit of soap right after showering instead, which I do >> to this day. However, since the holiday, I am experimenting with this, >> from our local soap-making company >> <https://sallyeander.com/product/deodorant-stone/>. According to my >> salesperson (they have a factory near the river, and a retail shop on the >> creek next to my house) it will last for a year or more. So far no >> complaints! Just don't drop it. >> >> On Monday, January 27, 2020 at 11:05:26 AM UTC-5, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA >> wrote: *So now that we've fully transitioned to clothes lines, any tips >> and tricks to getting cotton stuff (T-shirts and the like) from becoming >> cardboard stiff and wrinkly by being dried on a clothes line? I don't go >> overboard with detergent and use fabric softener when applicable. The dryer >> gets them soft and fluffy, and if you evacuate the load in a timely manner >> to fold them, the clothes stay wrinkle-free.* >> > -- 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/512ffaab-e778-4ef1-98da-9334164f50ea%40googlegroups.com.
