I have an old 56cm Pinarello road bike that's too small for me and too big for my wife. It's dead weight hanging in the garage. Not sure why I don't get rid of it. I do know that it's pretty much just dead weight. Maybe my preschool age kids will grow into it in a decade. I say if you want to go down to all 26 inchers to simplify the parts bin, go for it.
Regarding Big Dummy and BQ... I haven't read the BD BQ review but would be interested to get my hands on a copy of the issue if anyone wants to part with it. I own a Big Dummy and ride it quite a bit... and I love it. --Smitty On Saturday, April 7, 2012 8:33:27 AM UTC-7, Beth H wrote: > > Fellow Riv-freaks: > > As my life and my bicycling style both evolve, some things have become > evident. Chief among them is that, of all my bikes, I tend to ride just two > the most: > > 1. My Surly Big Dummy (no matter what BQ says, I really like mine); and > 2. My 1999 Riv All-Rounder (an acquisiting from another Riv-freak several > years ago). > > The former is absolutely necessary for hauling my guitar and amp to gigs, > not to mention groceries. > The latter is my daily transportation. I had promised the previous owner > that I would "ride the crap out of it", and that is basically what I've > been doing since I set it up for city riding. > > I have two other bikes that I don't ride so much anymore. > One is the singlespeed mountain bike I've raced on for the last three > years, and since I'm fairly certain I won't be racing anymore (my knees > can't really handle singlespeed and I don't want to race anything else) the > former bike will probably go this year. > The latter is my 700c-wheeled LongLow, a bike I've had since 1999 and > which I ride less and less as my style and needs change. I am more > emotionally attached to this bike than practically so, and I'd like to hear > from other folks who have become fans of an all-26"-wheeled stable. When > did you do it and why? > > Beth in PDX > > http://www.reverbnation.com/bethhamon > http://beth-hamon.blogspot.com/ > > -- 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/-/nfYVU6V2v1QJ. 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.
