First off, I want to thank y'all for reaching out/chiming in here or directly. *Garth*, I've had a couple leads on Susies come in already, thanks for the offer.
I've had some phone chats with a couple potential 59cm fillet sellers (always great connecting with folks from the bunch that way) who reckon I'd get away with using the Susie for my purposes. That said, *Brendonoid & Keith*, you've both had me going down the RBW list wormhole - found the frame failure post & a number of threads documenting loaded down Susies and general ride quality. Sounds like regardless of my slender build (6'3", 175lbs soaking wet) the Susie will be a bit wiggly loaded down. To date I've been doing most of my bikepacking on a 64cm Black Mountain monstercross. I wouldn't say that frame is well suited for massive loads either and it has taught me a lot about paring down my kit for a lighter ride, a habit I'd carry over to a fatter tired bike like the Suz. Also, the "rough-stuff" I intend on riding isn't a bunch of singletrack like you'd find in Salmon, ID. I'm more into forest service roads (sometimes a bit bumpy/pretty washboarded) with the occasional short, speedy descent down rutted out sections. Probably not going to do something like the Smoke and Fire race on a Susie. Or ever. *Keith, *I may have met your buddy while hiking a trail out Salmon ways a few years back. I bumped into a crew doing trail maintenance - one or two guys on motorcycles, one on horseback, and a couple on foot. They were getting way out there with all the gear. Pretty impressive! *Brendonoid, *I commented on one of your reddit threads recently. Your setup is similar to what I'd be rocking. Sounds like you're not the happiest with the way that setup rides? Seems a lugged Susie might be best for my purposes, but not crossing fingers many of those are going to hit the used market too soon. - Teague On Monday, September 23, 2024 at 9:27:57 PM UTC-7 brendonoid wrote: > Fillet brazed 59cm owner here chiming in to say it isn't a great choice > for tough bike-packing bike. Light loads will make the frame notably flex. > You'll want a Gus Boots or one of the new lugged ones. > The new lugged ones have thicker tubes but most importantly top tubes > connect higher up on the seat tube greatly improving frame triangulation > and strength. > -- 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/3b13a706-5de7-41c0-a0d7-1a8b5cb85fd9n%40googlegroups.com.
