Re: [RBW] BQ and RIV bike diffs

2013-05-09 Thread Tim McNamara
On May 9, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > The last time I did a brevet, I saw everything from one or two Frenchish > rando bikes of the style advocated by Jan, to numerous MMCRBs, and a strong > representation of Rivs. I tried to ride with a guy on an Atlantis, but he

Re: [RBW] BQ and RIV bike diffs

2013-05-09 Thread Brian Hanson
Amen to the moonlander, though I wouldn't want that kind of distance on one :) I see all kinds of bikes on Randos, and I would say that the traditional low-trail front bagger is in the relative minority, although it is making inroads. Brian Seattle, WA On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Jim Thill

[RBW] BQ and RIV bike diffs

2013-05-09 Thread Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
The last time I did a brevet, I saw everything from one or two Frenchish rando bikes of the style advocated by Jan, to numerous MMCRBs, and a strong representation of Rivs. I tried to ride with a guy on an Atlantis, but he was too fast for me. Even on brevets, there is no one kind of bike. The f

[RBW] BQ and RIV bike diffs

2013-05-09 Thread grant
I'm late to this one but jusr read Jan's thing about the way he likes bikes and the way I or Riv does, and so...there's really nothing he left out, or to add. One thing to keep in mind that's easy to not keep in mind is that a group like this has already been filtered through progressively fi