I recently bought a 56 AHH frame from Peter, and I have to agree its a wonderful bike. My current setup is much less "full riv" than yours. A bit closer to a late 70's race bike. I took my first ride outside the neighborhood last weekend and found myself thinking "I have got to get myself one of these". Then of course I remembered I already had. Lots of fun there.
On Jul 2, 7:26 am, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice to see there will be one less 23mm fixie around brooklyn when I am > riding out there! Have fun with the AHH, it is a sweet ride. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's a beauty! You really went full Riv on that one - Moustache bars, > > Grip Kings, a huge Saddle sack! > > > Welcome to the club. > > > -Pete in CT > > > On Sunday, July 1, 2012 9:23:48 PM UTC-4, Jimmy Hutch wrote: > > >> Hey, all, > > >> I've been reading RBW Owners Bunch for a couple of weeks and this is my > >> first post. > > >> I took the plunge and ordered a Rivendell, it arrived a couple of weeks > >> ago. A 54cm AHH with 650B wheels. > > >> A bicycle has been part of my commute for the past 10 years or so. I > >> have several "typical commutes" that include various combinations of > >> bicycle and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). My other commuting bikes are: > > >> - 1955 Phillips 3-speed; Round-trip from home to LIRR station, 1 > >> mile each way. > >> - Brompton - 1 mile ride to LIRR, 5 mile ride in NYC to office - > >> reverse on the way home. > >> - Bike Friday New World Tourist - I use this for 25 mile commute in > >> the morning - 5 miles from office to LIRR in evening. > >> - Merlin Agilis - Round-trip from LI to NYC 25 miles each way. > >> (retired) > >> - Rivendell A. Homer Hilsen - to replace the Merlin for the > >> round-trip commute. > > >> After switching between the Merlin than the BF regularly I began to > >> notice that the Merlin took more effort to ride than the BF - I suspect it > >> was a combination of the aggressive riding position coupled with carrying a > >> large backpack for 25 miles - it was brutal. I came to favor the BF over > >> the Merlin for the long commute. So I started researching full-sized bike > >> to replace the Merlin and came upon Rivendell - I decide to order one and > >> give it a try. I'm amazed at how well the Rivendell rides, it is > >> remarkably comfortable, it is fast, it is maneuverable - what is the > >> reason? is it the fat tires? the use of steel and lugs? the geometry? the > >> forks? I have no clue but if everyone had a bike that rides like my > >> Rivendell, they would all ride a lot more often. > > >> Here is a pic from my maiden voyage taken somewhere in Brooklyn. > > >>https://picasaweb.google.com/**115956293745068682386/**July12012?auth... > >> **Gv1sRgCLO0i4yY7qyu3wE#**5760362540987289154<https://picasaweb.google.com/115956293745068682386/July12012?authkey=...> > > >> BTW - Keven also talked me into the $20 poster (I wasn't exactly a hard > >> sell) - It is pretty cool and an outrageous deal for real art. It shall be > >> framed with 2 mats and hung in the dining room - go wife! > > >> -Jimmy > > >> -- > > 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/-/QmqqxjlYIAMJ. > > > 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. -- 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-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.
