I agree Laing... I also remember seeing some Riv documentation somewhere mentioning a 'Lugged Susie' in the works. I'm interested to see the final details of this model. I'd personally like to fall further towards the Gus/dedicated mountain bike/off road touring end of the spectrum but the evidence is pointing the other direction.
Brian On Monday, May 15, 2023 at 3:44:12 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > Well a hardy har-har Clem Ls aren't "girls bikes" any more than Appaloosas > are "boys bikes", the location of the toptube-to-seattube intersection is > part of a frame. Frames don't have gender, they have different stepover > heights. > > On Monday, May 15, 2023 at 10:20:35 AM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> My guess is swooptube. My hope is it leans towards the Gus side of the >> equation with 1-1/8" threadless and heavier duty tubes, I feel that the >> Susie/Wolbis side was already adequately covered by like 7 different >> Rivbikes. I've just started trail riding again (after many years) and may >> pop for this new frame if it specs out to my preferences. >> >> Joe Bernard >> >> On Monday, May 15, 2023 at 9:35:53 AM UTC-7 brok...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know anything specific about this new Hillibike iteration >>> scheduled for October? Care to make any speculations or predictions? >>> According to the latest Riv IG post, it only says "lugged, green and dark >>> gold". >>> >>> My main questions are: >>> Will it have a straight top tube like the Platy / Roscoe Bubbe, or the >>> nice graceful swoopy one like Gus / Susie / Charlie? >>> >>> 1" threaded or 1-1/8" threadless (like Gus)? >>> >>> Heavier tubing (like Gus), or lighter duty (like Susie)? >>> >> -- 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/3f1a7109-5cce-449b-92ca-f4cbe9d2b412n%40googlegroups.com.
