I'm way to big and heavy for that frame, but it looked like my ideal offroad bike frame. A happy crossbreeding of my two favorite bikes: my Quickbeam, and my Bontrager Privateer. I ride them both in the same woods, and in some situations the fixed Quickbeam has more control than the geared Bontrager.
If I were to ever get a custom Rivendell, it would be similar to the revised Renovelo version, with flared drop bars. I prefer two brakes for symmetry, but using the rear in the dirt feels weird. Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Aug 22, 12:16 pm, Ken Yokanovich <reflector.collec...@gmail.com> wrote: > Took my superlight rigid fixed gear bike with only a front cantilever > brake out this morning for a ride off road and was reminded how much I > REALLY like riding off road fixed. Smashed it through a few rock > gardens and basically abused the bike around the local trail... It was > a wonderful and child-like experience. I am thankful that THE ONE was > too small. I could see myself requesting such a creature to be made > as a custom, but doubt that the request would be filled given the > experience that Grand and crew went through the first time 'round. > > On Aug 22, 11:23 am, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I wonder if a Rivendell production fixed gear super-light mountain > > bike would sell, or if the appeal of that frame was its uniqueness? > > It seems like most of the people here who wanted it were relieved when > > they couldn't have it. > > > Philip > > 97128 > > > On Aug 22, 5:19 am, RonaTD <teddur...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > On Aug 21, 4:01 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > ....and the listing for THE ONE is now gone. Best of luck to the > > > > lucky individual that bought it. > > > > Yup, as of 5:00pm Friday it was sold. I agonized over it alll day > > > Saturday and was somewhat relieved to find out it was no longer > > > available. The last thing I need is another bike, but that one really > > > called out to me. > > > > Ted Durant -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
