Thanks James! The Appaloosa is the most aesthetically pleasing bike I own, and I guess that is factored in by many of us!
On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 1:12:59 PM UTC-6 mcgr...@gmail.com wrote: > Randy - I love this photo of your Appaloosa. I gotta up my bike > photography skills! > > James > > On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 8:48:49 AM UTC-5 larson....@gmail.com > wrote: > >> My riding is road-centric (paved, gravel, dirt farm roads) so my 2TT >> 62cm Appaloosa does it all very well. It is comfortable, capable and fun to >> ride. The only thing I would like is more tire clearance to be able to ride >> trails and rough national forest roads, so maybe the 62cm Atlantis MIT, >> although I would love to give a Hunqapillar a try! >> Randy in Wisconsin[image: Appaloosa 101022WEB.jpg] >> >> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 7:41:15 AM UTC-6 J J wrote: >> >>> >>> I, too, would choose my Hunqapillar. The setup would be generally what I >>> am currently running on my green Waterford-built 58: >>> >>> - Upright, wide, swept-back bars with mirror and bell >>> - Low gearing (triple with 24 tooth smallest in front, 9-speed with >>> at least 36 tooth biggest in back) >>> - Rapid Rise RD >>> - Friction thumb shifting >>> - Tires no smaller than 50mm >>> - Cantilever brakes >>> - B67 saddle >>> - Robust wheels with at least 36 spokes; dynamo hub >>> - Good lights >>> - Flat pedals >>> - Rear rack >>> >>> I could get particular about specific components; they would just have >>> to fit these general parameters. The main thing is the Hunq itself. The >>> more examples of other bikes I’ve ridden — including other Rivs — the >>> more attached I get to the Hunq as a do-it-all. The other bikes seem to >>> have too much or too little of something relative to the Hunq. They might >>> be fun, interesting, comfortable, capable, whatever, but they feel >>> compromised or annoying in some way, big or small. The Hunq compromises >>> nothing to me and riding it puts me in a happy place. >>> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 7:41:29 AM UTC-5 >>> captaincon...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> I nominate my 650b Hunqapillar. It's the most comfortable bike I've >>>> ridden, and it's geometry doesn't seem to be intended for drops, flat, or >>>> upright handlebars--it feels different but good with each. >>>> >>>> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 6:35:43 AM UTC-6 Chris L wrote: >>>> >>>>> [image: 20210614_081755.jpg] >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 1:20:20 AM UTC-6 Luke Hendrickson >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> This is a fun one! I guess that I’ll kinda cop out and say that what >>>>>> I have now is what I’d run as a do-it-all. I really like the Gus but I >>>>>> see >>>>>> it as a 75% unpaved sorta bike which is why I’m pretty happy with my >>>>>> Atlantis. I live and ride in San Francisco and so see a lot of elevation >>>>>> changes both while commuting and while riding aimlessly. Thus my current >>>>>> setup (44-32-22 up front, 12-32 in the rear) allows me to take on the >>>>>> steepest San Francisco hill and gnarliest unpaved route in Marin. >>>>>> >>>>>> The addition of the basket has made it a true quiver killer in my >>>>>> eyes and makes me so happy that I no longer view baskets with disdain. I >>>>>> was sorely missing out. I’ve been a long time admirer (I saw my first >>>>>> Riv >>>>>> in 2008) but I’m a new owner (August of this year). I’m sure my answer >>>>>> will >>>>>> change over time, but, for now, the Atlantis is all that I need. >>>>>> >>>>>> Also also: I just did the attached route and featured a lot of rough >>>>>> terrain with the final 40 miles being exclusively paved. The Atlantis >>>>>> was >>>>>> supremely comfortable on all of it. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 8:15:13 PM UTC-8 Joe Bernard wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have one Riv that already does all this, but I'm cheating the >>>>>>> premise of the thread cuz it's a custom I had built for the purpose. So >>>>>>> I'll shift my answer to: What if I didn't have a car and part of the >>>>>>> ride >>>>>>> to go shopping included gnarly singletrack! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ok the answer is Gus Boots-Willsen. I'd move most of my parts over: >>>>>>> SRAM 1x11 drivetrain >>>>>>> Sugino 152mm 36t cranks (maybe a smaller front ring, I don't care >>>>>>> much about spinning out) >>>>>>> Deity pedals >>>>>>> WI rear hub >>>>>>> Velocity Atlas rims >>>>>>> Bosco bars >>>>>>> Face Plater stem >>>>>>> Nitto post >>>>>>> Brooks B17 >>>>>>> Paul Motolites and levers >>>>>>> Nitto Big Rack >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'd swap the front hub for a SON Dyno, a move I wish I'd done when I >>>>>>> had Rick build my wheels. >>>>>>> Would probably add front low-rider racks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This would give me all the stuff I love about Rivs (except >>>>>>> lugs..don't tell anybody but I love the fillet welds on Gus, my custom >>>>>>> has >>>>>>> a couple, too) in a stouter frame that will handle big loads and gnarly >>>>>>> terrain. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 1:35:25 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The threads on Platypus versus [name] and using versus "saving" >>>>>>>> your Rivendell raises an interesting if (fortunately!) academic >>>>>>>> question: >>>>>>>> if you could have only 1 Rivendell as your only bicycle, and that >>>>>>>> Rivendell >>>>>>>> had to serve all purposes -- fast pavement, commuting, errand loads, >>>>>>>> at >>>>>>>> least light dirt and gravel: what model would you choose and how would >>>>>>>> you >>>>>>>> build and equip it? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm fortunate to have a bike for each of my purposes, except a >>>>>>>> theft-be-damned but fun to ride grocery beater, which I hope to add to >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> collection*, but if I had to choose just 1 and that a Riv, it would be >>>>>>>> my >>>>>>>> gofast with a second set of wheels shod with 42 mm Naches Passes >>>>>>>> (which fit >>>>>>>> with room to spare under the front normal reach single pivot) but not >>>>>>>> bolt >>>>>>>> anything else to the Riv. Lights: I have an excellent B&M Ixon IQ >>>>>>>> Premium >>>>>>>> which puts out at least as much brightness and has a nicer beam >>>>>>>> pattern >>>>>>>> than my Edeluxe I, and Cateye clamps are cheap and easy to find. There >>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>> all sorts of bright, strap-on blinkies for the rear. I'd rig up a QR >>>>>>>> for my >>>>>>>> Saddlesack Medium and attach it with the Nitto standoff only as >>>>>>>> needed, and >>>>>>>> augment it with a courier bag in 1 of 3 sizes. I'd get some clip-on, >>>>>>>> easy >>>>>>>> on/off fenders, shorties if need be -- hell, this is New Mexico. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Wheels: Actually, I might do as I did decades ago when I tried to >>>>>>>> make a mountain bike do triple duty with 3 wheelsets: gofast with 23 >>>>>>>> mm >>>>>>>> tires and 12-19 (7-sp) cassette, commuting with 35 mm tires with >>>>>>>> 13-21, and >>>>>>>> off road with knobbies and 14-28. The Phil fixed/fixed with Elk Pass >>>>>>>> would >>>>>>>> keep the 17/19 Dingle and the 28 mm Elk Passes, but I'd have another >>>>>>>> Elk >>>>>>>> Pass rear for the TC fixed hub with 17 t cog for 76" direct and 66" >>>>>>>> underdrive; and then I'd have a third wheeset for Naches Passes with >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> fixed TF hub with a 19 t cog and the Naches Passes for 70" and 52"; >>>>>>>> good >>>>>>>> pavement-to-moderate dirt ratios. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Of course, I'd have to overcome the scruple of keeping this bike >>>>>>>> pristine .... Funny, I usually take a brief detour for a mile or >>>>>>>> mile-and-a-half along a very busy 6-lane when I ride North from my >>>>>>>> house >>>>>>>> because the direct route is dusty, sandy crusher fine. Would have to >>>>>>>> strenuously overcome that vice. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * Actually, one reason for this 5th beater bike would be just the >>>>>>>> fun of building up a bike that rides nice and meets my gearing and >>>>>>>> handling >>>>>>>> preferences at the lowest possible price. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> 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/8f8b5350-d931-4cee-9998-f8187fce9ab3n%40googlegroups.com.
