I'm very pleased with the final weight. It's light, and I made zero dumb decisions in making a good practical bicycle.
As a flat-bar road bike the CHGallop is a significantly different design from any other Rivendell. It is by FAR the longest top tube and Reach of any bike in my stable, which is why it's a flat bar road bike. I expect it to handle like a road bike, which should be a lot better than a normal drop bar road switched out to flat bars. I'm optimistic to achieve something that allows me to do 10 hour rides like I do with drop bars, but with flat bars. If it handles and fits like my Romulus, Legolas and Roadeo, while having a flat bar, that will be cool. I think of the genre "flat bar road bike" as a machine for folks who can't deal with drop bars. I'm greedy, and I want it to be a valid configuration for me, who loves drop bars. I'm in a phase where I want to broaden my bike setup spectrum as wide as possible. This is a big step outside my normal envelope, fit wise. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 12:01:19 PM UTC-8 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > Bravo, Bill, this bike is an unexpected take on a Riv while having the > unique Bill Lindsay build signature we can recognize from seeing so many of > your bikes here on the forum. > > I understand getting the build under 20lbs was a target when you started > out. Are you satisfied with the final weigh-in and build? > > Can you tell us a bit about how the bike handles, how it compares to other > Rivendells or if it has any ride characteristics that you find unique to > the Gallop frameset? > > Enjoy the miles ahead and congrats on wrapping this one up in 2024 > > On Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 1:41:27 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> It was rainy this morning so I had time to finish up my Gallop build. >> Here's the Flickr link to the album I've got going. I haven't added any >> titles or descriptions to the photos yet. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720322843646/ >> >> I made a few concessions to gravity and weighed the build down a little >> bit. >> >> 1. Rather than go with ultra minimalist grips, I'm running proper cushy >> mountain bike grips from Wolf Tooth, that my son bought me for Christmas. >> Instead of leaving the middle part of my Nitto Jitensha Bars bare, I >> covered that area with Keirin grips that I bought at Jitensha Studio in >> Berkeley. >> 2. Rather than go with a lighter 8-speed 12-32 cassette, I am running a >> 10-speed 11-32 XT cassette, in part to use a contemporary hollow pin SRAM >> 1071 chain. I had to add a few links for the long stays. >> >> With those additions, the initial weigh in is 20.4 pounds on the big >> scale, and 9277 grams on the gram-scale weighing every part one at a time. >> So that's excellent agreement. Even though it's kind of a weight-weenie >> build, it's got a LOT of features that would be considered Riv-approved. >> Those include: >> >> Riv frame set and stock headset >> Absolutely zero carbon >> Silver 3 Crankset >> MUSA White Industries BB like Riv sells (but with a Ti spindle) >> Friction 1x10 drivetrain >> The cheapest and lightest long reach brakes Riv sells with their heavily >> endorsed E-bike brake pads (Yokozuna) >> The cheapest and lightest straight bar brake levers (Tektro FL750) >> Retrofriction thumbie shifter on the stem (Microshift) >> MUSA Steel stem >> Heat treated Nitto Handlebars >> >> The other fun last minute inclusion was Campagnolo brake cables and >> housing, and Campagnolo shift housing. Every bike needs at least one >> Campagnolo part. >> >> I think it's going to be an exceptionally fun flat-bar road bike for me. >> I have swappable HED Belgium wheels elsewhere in my stable that will allow >> me to butch it up if needed, and I've got the pieces in place for a 2x >> drivetrain if I want to take it on a light tour, which may happen in the >> Summer of '27. >> >> Anyway, enjoy! >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b0e59bc6-d2e7-4a9d-aa99-5306c12b3aden%40googlegroups.com.
