I'm not trying to derail the thread, but maybe this is on topic (if the
topic is drop-bar mountain bikes).
I'm getting a BMC La Cabra, which is touted as a drop-bar off-road bike.
They are currently on sale and I couldn't resist.
I'd really be curious about other's thoughts on riding drop bars o
Agreed. Evasion is a nice choice too. I would also suggest the Tanglefoot
Moonshiner, since it already has that nice, swoopy top tube. The Moonshiner
was up for consideration when I was looking into getting a Gus, but I
realized that riding singletrack with drop bars is not that enjoyable for
me pe
If Patrick Moore was actively looking to buy a drop bar wide-tire bike to
replace his much maligned steal-me monocog, I'd advise him to give an
open-minded look at the Crust Scapegoat.
Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA
On Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 10:31:31 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote:
> Well, a
It all depends on your body proportions. I am 6’ tall with the legs of
someone who is 5’8” and the body of someone who is 6’4”. My Rivendell
Custom has a top tube about 8 cm longer than the seat tube if I remember
correctly. I don’t fit anything that Crust makes, which is unfortunate
because I kin
I seem to recall a thread or series of threads a year or 2 or 4 ago when
Analog was active on the list, about their very short stems designed
precisely for getting a drop bar up close on a long-top-tube Rivendell. At
any rate, I am very definitely interested in a Clem, tho’ I’ll
procrastinate as us
Well, at least one other rider disagrees. I’ve seen others’ Clems, etc.
with drop bars and I’d like to see more of them. And, I’d like to hear
others’ takes on whether drop bars are appropriate for such long-stayed,
long-top-tube Riv models.
My interest is largely but not solely academic. I’ve tho
I have a different take on the setup in the first picture.
That looks more like a dirt drop than a drop bar setup and those are 2 very
different things. Dirt drops have the drops as primary position and
function not so different from a normal sweep back bar except that you get
to hook into it.
See... not 100% poppycock.
The Rivendell pyramid of drop bar bikes to upright / sweptback bar bikes
has definitely inverted in the past 30 years.
Brian
Lex KY
On Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM esoterica etc wrote:
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> Jay,
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> Thanks for the compliment on the Atlantis, but I'm afraid you might be
Jay,Thanks for the compliment on the Atlantis, but I'm afraid you might be disappointed with your visit to Hawaii- I sold the Atlantis a while back to a nice fella in California. But you're more than welcome to try out my 90's Specialized Crossroads, my Ritchey Breakaway Cross, or my wife's Clem H.
"I call poppycock"
There's not really a good way to talk about eras of Atlantis Geometry, but
there are three distinct eras and they are three completely different bikes
in my book. There was "Era 1" the long period of pre-MIT Atlantis, then
the exceptionally brief "Era 2" when the first MIT
Past week or so I have been dreaming of a new Riv, like the Appaloosa or
upcoming Atlantis, with drop bars. Then I see the newsletter yesterday,
and this thread today lol. Will's bike didn't look very good, but Mark's
Atlantis above looks perfect to me. The proportions look really good. If
I have a hunqapillar with a discord/analog fingerling stem and ritchey
Corralitos short and shallow drop bar, and it's my favorite iteration of
cockpits on this bike. I feel the Corralitos are a total dark horse and
should be in the conversation for Riv cockpits. I love riv, but I'm more
comf
I was going to make a likely controversial statement and say that along with
certain current drop-tube models such as Clem, Susie, Platy, etc. I would also
lump the MIT Atlantis, Joe A., and even Charlie as Riv models that simply
aren’t conducive for drop bars. Although I know there are some her
Haha Brian, I totally agree. Anybody (absolutely anybody) in the market
for a full-rigid steel drop bar mountain bike should be buying a Black
Mountain La Cabra, in my opinion. Especially since they are available and
on sale at the moment.
Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA
On Friday, February 7
Every time I see certain Riv models with drop bars, I can’t help but think it’s just a matter of time before they realize that frame just wasn’t meant to be a drop bar bike and they either sell it, or find a sweptback / upright cockpit they can live with.BrianLex KYOn Feb 7, 2025, at 3:27 PM, Patri
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