I bought my Roadini as a frame off list and built it up with whatever I had around. Best bang for your buck road bike I could imagine. I don't think I'll ever part with it.
My next bikes have been very different: A Specialized Fuse hardtail. I live in Utah. I've ridden my La Cabra on plenty of singletrack, but I do like suspension, and that 32-51 low gear is nice on days when I have tired legs and want to get out anyway. A 2024 Urban Arrow Family e-Cargo bike. It was time to buy a second car, or buy this, so I chose the bike. Fits a lively Jack Russell and a 9yo child just fine. I moved boxes on it when we moved recently. Will carry an adult with no real penalty in terms of handling. Plus the belt drive means no chain grease or chain drop, both of which I found irritating on my older long tail bike. I still find myself daydreaming about an Atlantis, though I admit I have no real use for one. Brady in SLC On Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 7:17:10 PM UTC-6 Roberta wrote: > Over the course of 8 1/2 years, I’ve had four Rivendell‘s and still own > three of them— Homer Hilsen, Platypus, and Betty Foy. I really enjoyed the > first few years riding my Joe Appaloosa, but being that I wasn’t a touring > or off-road kind of rider I passed that on. (I have limited storage space > or else would’ve kept the Appaloosa.) > > I’ve purchased and sold a handsome cycles she Devil mixte for my bike > commuting years (Betty Foy replaced that one), and a Bike Friday for > travel. > > I don’t imagine to be buying any more bikes as I can ride Riv bikes in > comfort without agonizing neck pain. I still do though love to window shop > their frames! > > Roberta > > On Monday, October 6, 2025 at 4:53:29 PM UTC-4 Michael Morrissey wrote: > >> I like bikes and I was thinking of implementing a new life rule: buy a >> new bike every ten years whether I need to or not. Of course, I don't need >> to. I bought my Appaloosa in 2016 and have been happily riding it since >> then. >> >> I was wondering, people who have bought Rivendells and enjoyed them, and >> then decided to get another bike, what bike did you get and why? >> >> Please I want to hear from normal people who own 3 or fewer Rivendells, >> not people who have one of every model of Rivendell and who get personal >> greeting cards from Grant Peterson. >> >> Where did you go from the top? Custom? Surly? Crust? Jones? Urban Arrow >> for you and your offspring? Full squish mountain bike? Moto Guzzi? >> Brompton? Citibike all the time? Beater 26" mountain bike? Feel free to >> message me off list if you can't admit you moved away from lugged steel. >> I'm just a curious bike nerd. This is not market research. >> >> Michael >> >> > -- 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/7b0b7f9f-faec-42e1-9ccc-c3426f661857n%40googlegroups.com.
