My pre-Rivendells were all Bridgestones (I think over time an RB-2, a couple 400s, a couple MB-1s, an MB-2, two XO-1s, and an XO-2 all passed through my hands). I still have some of those.
Then I got a Clem L for the type of riding I do now (mostly offroad, some commuting, some touring). I love the Clem and it's a keeper. It's a capable allrounder, but has its limits as a mountain bike. So I wanted a rigid mountain bike and I got a Jones SWB. It's perfect. It is the kind perfectly executed idea that encourages no experimenting with different setups (handlebars, etc). Which gets kind of boring if you like working on/changing up things on your bikes (which, I for one, do). My wife liked the Jones so much, I ended up ceding it to her and I got a Black Mountain La Cabra, which is pretty close geometry-wise to the Jones (I've got it set up with 27.5 x 2.8 tires and swept back bars, much like the Jones). I love the Clem, but I also the Jones and the La Cabra - and I like that they overlap in some ways but there's a lot difference to appreciate (disc brakes, and ridiculous big tires, tall stack and short reach). cheers, John (outside Fontainebleau) On Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 3:41:36 PM UTC+2 aeroperf wrote: > I got a Sam in 2014. I love that bike. > Then I wanted a bike to learn to wrench on, so I got an ’82 Team Fuji, > because you don’t just tear apart a Rivendell to learn to lace wheels, > replace a drive train, etc. Sold the Fuji after I reworked it, because a > road bike didn’t really work for me. > What I wanted was a medium touring bike. So I got a Soma Saga Disc frame > and built it up from there. I still have this one, with a Tongsheng > electric conversion. > Finally, my wife needed a new bike, so I circled back to Rivendell and got > a Platypus frame. Since by then I knew how to fit the bike to the person, > I built it up exactly sized for her. She really loves it. > > -- 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/f6a24bb6-bfcc-4490-b539-0835630f4e72n%40googlegroups.com.
