IME, relying upon one (or two, or three...) aspect(s) of the geometry never really translates to real-world behavior. Patrick and others touch on this above.
Back when "low-trail" was in fact the New Low Trail™ I was lucky enough to have a few longer conversations with Grant about the urge to swap out forks on Riv models. Or the push to just offer it with a different fork. While it would be difficult to distill all the topics covered, one major take away was an awareness of how many small factors add up to the ride of a given bicycle. For example, riding one of the Appaloosa models is nothing like what it appears from a side view. I've ridden a number of long bikes (Big Dummy style) and there was none of the "rental truck" navigation required to maneuver it . It was a bike designed for a specific posture that rode like a Rivendell. Which, yes, I realize does veer to the realm of non-measurable perception. But, over the past years, GP has quietly developed a model which works with upright non-racing bars, but behaves like a bicycle you want to ride, not a cruiser or hauler or some almost-a-bike derivation. The branch of the Mystery Bike / Appaloosa / Cheviot / Clem is certainly interesting. Deciding which model is right for your needs probably has a lot to do which what other bicycle (if any) might be available. Great discussion! - Jim / cyclofiend.com -- 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.
