Bill (via Toshi) Off topic, but I gotta hear more about this delineation between a racing cyclocross bike and an aggressive gravel bike. I have my own thoughts on the same topic, but i'm happy to treat a cyclocross bike as a gravel bike any day.
On topic, I was dithering pretty heavily on whether or not my Legolas was going to be my brevet bike or not, and decided against it for some of the same reasons Bill mentioned. A bit too responsive (great for short rides and hard corners), and it's set up slightly more aggressive than my past rando bikes. I was initially hunting down a 60cm Rambouillet for brevets and commuting, but ended up stumbling upon a good deal on a Boulder Brevet that is literally the perfect bike for me. My two cents... Ram, AHH, Sam, Roadini, Roadeo are your better bets for rando, from best to least best (mostly because of luggage options and the such). At Del Puerto 200km 2021, I did see someone on a really sick ruby or red Atlantis. On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 4:08:10 PM UTC-7 John Hawrylak wrote: > Just 1 bit of advice for the weight in a front bag & saddle bag for a > Rivendell, I remember from a Grant P blog > > Put the heavy items, tools, tubes, extra clothes, extra food, in the > saddlebag . Put LIGHT items in the front bag, food until the next > control *and* items you will want to get while moving *or* not > dismounting. > > Since the Riv models have higher wheel flop (due to higher trail), keeping > the load light upfront minimizes the effects of high wheel flop. > > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ > > > On Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 4:52:59 PM UTC-4 Dick Combs wrote: > >> Looking for opinions/thoughts on the best Riv for Brevets, 200-400K >> rides. Looking for current models as well as older models. Thanks > > -- 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/b4457494-2a61-40bb-80e4-fd6819fe64f4n%40googlegroups.com.
