IMO, it will look fine. It looks fine on vintage MTB commuter builds and a lot of those are dressed like Rivs anyway. At worst it may look like your Riv is slumming it (especially with a milk crate on the rack) which you could lean into, or you could paint the rack and put something kitschy on it and have fun with it. It'll look fine. It won't permanently effect the bike so no harm in giving it a shot.
BUT, I do think you'll lose everything about riding that Riv that you once loved. I do not have experience with a Clydesdale fork, but I do have experience with proper cargo bikes and also with carrying too much on a porteur rack, and I think the difference between the two is not dissimilar to the distance between riding a Rivendell and riding a bone-stock early 90s Specialized Hard Rock with albatross bars. Heavy cargo directly above the steering axis that is not isolated from the turning of the handlebar and wheel does not make for a fun ride. Cinderblock flop It sounds like you're a bikeguy, and probably live in NYC, so if the draw of the clydesdale is the ease of use/carrying/storage of a small footprint bike, I'd suggest looking at the Omnium mini models as a replacement or supplement for your fleet. On Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 1:28:28 PM UTC-4 NYCbikeguy wrote: > I've become more of a utilitarian over the years in outlook and lifestyle > and I love the idea of a cargo bike. But I'm not sure the Rivbike ethos > meshes well with that of a cargo bike. Either way, I got the opportunity to > get one for cheap and so I'm thinking.... I'm contemplating whether I > should even try it on a riv or just go straight for the vintage MTB. What > do you all think? Will there be too much of a clash between the brutalist > utilitarian fork and the classy lugs of a Rivbike? > > Best, > IY > NYC/CT > > -- 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/eba411e5-7172-489a-8ae8-a06e4b2f368cn%40googlegroups.com.
