I love the yellow. In my opinion, the brighter colors really bring out the details in a Rivendell frame. Your bike reminds me that I need a yellow/gold/butterscotch Riv one day. :-) Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA.
On Friday, March 15, 2013 6:38:26 PM UTC-7, jinxed wrote: > Yea...tape is temporary. It was some old take off stuff and the only thing > I had. I wanted to be able to mess with position and stem change. Plus I > still can't come to terms with a color. The yellow is paralyzing! It doesnt > look right on a Riv to me, but it's super nice and it fine shape. I'd > rather see it in a more subtle vintagy metallic. > > The Kendas are actually the lightest and most supple tires I've run on it. > Although I do realize different tires can make a world of difference. > > The AR does feel zippier on pavement than my 29er MTB obviously but oddly > enough the tires on the AR are slightly more aggressively knobbed. The > 29er's are 2.0, and the 26" are 1.9. > > I hope to get some more dirt time with the midge when our trails dry out. > We've been getting just enough snow to keep them sloppy. I may try to > squeak in a mixed terrain 50+ miler in the next week or so. That will give > me some good feedback on the hand positions. Generally if I have > hand/shoulder issues, they will show up @ 40 mile mark. > > For me, a TI hardtail 26" MTB is the best bike for climbing steep > technical terrain and zipping through tight singletrack. However, once the > trail goes down and gets rough, boy does a hardtail 29er turn magical. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
