I am sure the Rivendell folks are smarter than me as far as bike design and market so my views are probably the outlier here. To me the canti posts make sense because if I want something that works better with road brakes my choices are mini-V's or cantilever brakes. I also have the option to go with non-road brakes and regular V's. More options and better braking power. The original design was for a road bike for sweptback bars but now the move seems to be to use a small stem and road bars like the albastache or noodles. I think that switch is what really moved them to sidepull because they want to spec it with albastache by default which uses road brakes. Once you make that change then maybe there is some cost saving by not having the canti posts or maybe its because sidepulls are easier to setup vs cantis (which is what they would use because they don't stock mini-v's). And the deeper swoop put the Gallop in the same family as the new Riv designs and allowed for a larger frame for the user. The new design really just became a Roadini with a slight swoop on the top tube (but not enough to really allow someone to go up a size if they are in the middle).I would have just kept the roadini but increased the wheelbase a touch and make albastache the stock bar.
On Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 5:47:27 AM UTC-5 brendonoid wrote: > I'm actually excited about the changes to the Gallop and if I have the > money when they are available I'll very likely get one. But I've always > liked R559s. > I do have a question though, do the front forks look bent to anyone else > on the new samples? They look off to me. All of the diff sizes are off the > same way so i'm not sure if somethings weird about the fork jig, the crown > lug or what. Maybe I am just crazy. > > On Thursday, 27 January 2022 at 18:41:24 UTC+8 brendonoid wrote: > >> There is a downside to powerful long reach brakes. The mounting bolt. >> I have used Paul Racers for years on my Homer commuter and when I had a >> stop sign at the bottom of a steep hill, I'd had to replace the front >> mounting bolt multiple times because it had bent under daily braking loads. >> Meanwhile R559s on my Sam, which has done some crazy off road fully >> loaded totally out of spec touring. The brakes themselves flex quite a bit >> and I've never had a bent mounting bolt. >> >> Something to think about. There is a materials limitation there and it >> isn't the brake itself. >> >> -- 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/6f363750-0fd7-4895-8ce9-67d52608f130n%40googlegroups.com.
