Leah,
Consider this: The Susie Clem is … the Susie Longbolts! It has the elegant, curved “top” tube of the Clem L, albeit a little higher. You can get a 53 in the Rivendell (?) blue. (Is this the size you would ride?) It will take most any large tire up to 2.8” or 70mm The 53 cmm size uses 650b wheels so you would continue to have compatibility with the old and fancy new Clem L wheels. There’s a big selection of wide and light tires, like the wide Schwalbe G-Ones, or various 48s from Rene Herse or Panaracer or the WTB Horizon or ByWay 47s. Most of these have a smooth center tread (with only minimal lugs on the ByWays). When I talked to Will about the Susie, he opined that it will be *lighter* than an Appaloosa frame and fork! I'd guess that means lighter than the Clem line. I measured the head tube on the 53 as 23 cm long versus 16 cm for my 51 cm Appaloosa (1st Gen.). This is important because any bar/stem combination will be higher from the insertion point. So, easier to get the bars up. I rode the demo on the street and really enjoyed it. It was swoopy, dreamy and delightful enough that there's an orange 53 coming for me when the boat gets here in May (fingers crossed). Current price is higher than the Cheviot frames but it is laboriously fillet brazed by hand at a number of joints, not tig-welded. Best, David Lipsky Berkeley, CA On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 9:55:13 AM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > No, Mas, I don’t agree - I can’t see myself selling this bike. Well, if > they came out with a Susie Clem then MAYBE. > -- 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/bc5596c1-4698-481e-8ef9-63efe2156c1c%40googlegroups.com.
