Maestro 1°, old Mike, did the stay bridge repair on my Rambouillet when the 
original brazing broke loose, he was between heart those attacks at that 
point and why I had to look elsewhere I was looking for a builder to make 
me an under square custom bike as his plate was already fuller than he 
could likely address.

Builders that find their way and will have gone through evolutions that 
start with individual features, materials and design details that are 
commonplace and as they perfect their execution of their vision will derive 
their own expression of those from all of their insight practice and 
hopefully feedback. A frame that holds the back wheel, BB, seat post and 
fork of defined dimension may be "custom" or differ from stock models but 
the beauty of the bike will come from the seamless integration and 
presentation of all of those individual inspirations. Single ideas or 
several deviations from 'standards" that haven't been smoothly worked in to 
a design will stick out a bit.  

Maestro 2° may find his way but will have to balance attracting customers 
and branching from what is already out there and accepted. He is in charge 
of the pitch of his own slope in this climb. 

Andy Cheatham
Pittsburgh


On Monday, May 29, 2023 at 8:41:10 PM UTC-4 rmro...@gmail.com wrote:

> Interesting article for sure. Kind of lost me at “suspension corrected” 
> but still interesting. On the subject of Susie vs. Gus; when both frames 
> were available Grant said in his description that there was “no ride 
> difference” between the two. I don’t know, having only ridden the Gus. I 
> think the Gus is a very capable MTB. Perhaps not the best choice for really 
> aggressive riding but pretty darn perfect for the trails I ride & the way I 
> ride them. Also, the v brakes are definitely up to the task.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 29, 2023, at 4:03 PM, Joe D. <joed...@umich.edu> wrote:
>
> Here's a neat article about a rider and frame builder inspired by Riv's 
> Susie Longbolts: 
>
>
> https://bikepacking.com/bikes/maestro-rat-snake-prototype/
>
> It makes me wonder what their impression would be of a stiffer Rivendell 
> Hillibike, like the Atlantis or especially Gus Boots Wilson.
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