Another congratulations. I've been off the bike in the past for months, too because of depression -- fortunately, while this still keeps me off the bike frequently, it's been years since it has done so for months altogether and now it generally is a day to day thing (and, fwiw, when I force myself to get off my ass and ride, it works temporarily far better than any medication I've taken) -- (close both parentheses) and I know the joy of getting back on and slowly (at my age) getting back into shape. And a Riv to do it on -- can't beat that! After sifting through many, many bicycles over the years I now have a very nice stable including a Herse touring bike, a Fargo (hope I don't have to sell it -- it's touch and go right now) and a Ken Rogers BRT, all of which for me are benchmarks of one sort or another; but my two Rivs are still head and shoulders above them all.
I wonder if the rearward weight distribution caused by that very high bar makes the front end feel light? I know that, when I get my bars too high and close, that is what I feel. I've found that, when I raise a bar considerably above the saddle, it very much helps handling if I also extend it further out so that the overall reach from saddle to, say, hoods or hooks is the same as with lower (but closer in) bars. My Fargo is set up like this with bars about 4 cm above saddle compared to 3 cm below for my other bikes/trikes, but the reach from saddle nose to hoods and hooks is very similar and it handles fine. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/jCSjGzfDwu4J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
