For what it's worth, I (the original poster) am around 6' tall, 230 lbs., pretty beefy and broad (big shoulders, etc.). I would characterize myself as a masher, I guess, since I cut my teeth on mountain biking and never really developed a glassy-smooth pedal stroke.
I guess I was just really surprised by some of the ride characteristics of the bike... I was expecting something like the sport-tourers of the 80's and early 90's, not so much the handling of a loaded touring bike or early 80's klunker. I do suspect there are some real fit issues with this frameset for me -- most of my bikes are kind of on the small side, some almost comically so. I appreciate how open minded all you Riv devotees have been through this discussion, though -- no one telling me my perceptions are just wrong, etc. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
