Thank you! On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM Eric Daume <[email protected]> wrote:
> This has taken a few tries, but here's the article (from Mountain Bike > magazine, Jul of 1997. > > I really kinda miss MB magazine. > > Eric > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Eric: yes please, if you can find it. >> >> The photo shows why there’s been a love/hate attitude toward drop bars on >> mountain bikes, at least before the advent of very shallow flared bars that >> let you sit pretty upright while using the hooks. I know that 30-35 years >> ago I could never get drops positioned so that I felt safe on steep >> downhills. Bar ends were a makeshift and unsatisfying alternative. >> >> But a Riv ATB with drops would make a lovely all-rounder or dirt road >> cruiser. >> >> On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM Shannon Menkveld < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Please to share article? >>> >>> --Shannon >>> >>> On Friday, April 4, 2025 at 6:25:44 AM UTC-7 Eric Daume wrote: >>> >>>> Somewhere I have that magazine article, they compare a Riv AR to a >>>> Cannondale full suspension mountain bike. >>>> >>>> Eric >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM Ted Durant <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> My Apple News feed had a Bicycling item that caught my eye. An article >>>>> by Matt Phillips, "After 30 Years in the Field, This is the Gear I Deem >>>>> Worth Splurging On", is accompanied by this photo. You can read the >>>>> article, if you like, and try to figure out why they chose this photo for >>>>> that topic. >>>>> >>>>> That bike is almost an exact duplicate of the Riv ATB that I had. Same >>>>> color, very close to the same size, same brakes, brake levers, shift >>>>> levers, rear derailer. Same color Brooks saddle, though that appears to be >>>>> a B17 and mine had a Conquest. Many bonus points for the Willow >>>>> chainrings. >>>>> I never used toe clips, though. >>>>> [image: RivATB.jpg] >>>>> >>>>> Ted Durant >>>>> Milwaukee WI USA >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/32ab1f06-7693-405a-9e8e-c94371d84a60n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/32ab1f06-7693-405a-9e8e-c94371d84a60n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d0d501bf-321e-4bd0-aa57-ad2181d84291n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d0d501bf-321e-4bd0-aa57-ad2181d84291n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >> services >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >> >> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >> >> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvb7KgYsHTPnRcYpF48PU0Ccmc9hNBfNSOojnKcinSp6g%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvb7KgYsHTPnRcYpF48PU0Ccmc9hNBfNSOojnKcinSp6g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5C2ObL-PZaCTDsTqpyAk3Yb-3-KbcymHcEL%3D7d%3DCQYpKg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5C2ObL-PZaCTDsTqpyAk3Yb-3-KbcymHcEL%3D7d%3DCQYpKg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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