Sorry, the Porter is in eastern washington. I have no pictures.
It's difficult to compare the bikes. The Porter is a 70's club rider bike
(super record groupo) for a
younger, stronger rider. I had ton's of fun on that bike for many years. The
bars on the Porter are ~3 cm
below seat height.
Thes
Oh, please post many and detailed photos of the Dave Porter. When did
you get it? I've been tempted to get a gofast from him (he lives in
ABQ).
How does it compare with your Riv, bar/saddle relationship aside?
FWIW, I could reach the dt levers on my Curt Custom back when it had a
rear derailleur
This makes sense even for my Riv custom. With taller frames and higher bars,
reaching for downtubers seems, for me, a bit of a stretch.
That wasn't the case on my Dave Porter custom. These days when I ride that bike
(which I love) I get a crick in my neck but I sure can reach those down tube
s
Fwiw, I had a conversation about this with Kevin at Riv when I was in the
process of buying my Sam H. His explanation was that, what with the sloping
top tube and the typical high bar setup, down tube shifters are way down there,
a big reach, and don't make sense. So the bike is basically desi
Neither does the Betty. AFIK, it saves a little money on these lower cost
frames made in Taiwan. Very few people use DT shifters now so they are
pretty much dissapearing from most lower cost frames. The more expensive
frames like the Hunqapillar, Atlantis, Homer and Bombadil have them.
On Mon, Sep
