Very different bike. Version 1 was more of a road bike (rough and tumble, to be sure), drop bars, 35mm tires. This one is much more of an upright tourer style. Both very comfortable, but in different ways. This one is definitely heavier, but the weight seems largely to disappear when I'm riding (although I haven't done any lengthy climbing with it yet).
Hard to say which rides better - I've only ridden the new build about 10 miles. But I'll say this -- I like v. 2.0 a lot because it's unlike any other bike I have (and unlike almost any bike I've seen - I know of only 4 other Riv Rohloff builds: Jason Auch, who I think posts here sometimes, built up a beautiful Hunqa-loff a couple of years ago that's kind of similar, pic here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/devildotbunny/5072896097/in/photostream/ ; Andy Church in CT has an S&S coupled travel Homer with a Rohloff, here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andychurch/7302143024/in/photostream/ ; Craig Montgomery has (or had, at any rate) a '97 All-Rounder with a Rohloff on Jim's Cyclofiend site, here: http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2005/cc023-craigmontgomery0705.html ; and I know Riv built up a Glorius with a Rohloff at a customer's request some years ago, pic here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/reneeanddolan/259362085/ . The complete known Rivendelloff galaxy (but there are doubtless numerous undiscovered others). From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of René Sterental Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:16 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Bombadil v. 2.0 and new Fatty Rumpkins So... how do you feel the v2 with the Rolhoff compares to the v1 with a standard drivetrain? On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Allingham II, Thomas J <thomas.alling...@skadden.com<mailto:thomas.alling...@skadden.com>> wrote: It didn't SEEM cheesy. I just couldn't get it to work properly. Live and learn. The Rohloff tensioner IS excellent, no doubt. -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 11:36 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Subject: [RBW] Bombadil v. 2.0 and new Fatty Rumpkins I'll take the excellent Rohloff chain tensioner over some cheesy eccentric BB any day. -- 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<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. 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