Not at all. The essence of a Rivendell, IME -- I've owned 5, custom and stock -- is the fit and ride. These can be easily achieved with any sort of brake. Grant has backtracked on lugless building; he may well just backtrack on disk brakes. I'm not holding my breath, but on the other hand, I'm not a brake ideologue.
That said, I have my beady eye and little mind on a custom Chauncey Matthews .... On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 12:28 PM, ted <ted.ke...@comcast.net> wrote: > Not sure, but I suspect "Rivendellian" + "disk braked" => oxymoron > > On Friday, May 8, 2015 at 11:02:13 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> I'd love one for dirt riding if it could take 70 mm tires, and as long as >> it has only a single top tube!. Hell, I could accept, reluctantly, a second >> top tube for a Rivendellian disk braked dirt bike. >> >> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Steve Cole <cole...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Has anyone heard any rumors about a future Riv being introduced with >>> disc brakes? >>> >>> Steve Cole >>> Arlington, Virginia >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> >> ************************************* >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and >> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle >> >> *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante >> > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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.
