Zach, I agree. The responses on this thread have been wonderful, including your response.
I may be a bit further along than at the beginning. After all, I've been thinking of a Riv for many years. I think I have the bike choice narrowed to just the AHH, mostly thanks to the comments on this thread. I would be comfortable placing the order for an AHH now to get it started, though I'm not in a rush to do so. Though possible, it's not likely to change from this. The only remaining issue on starting the AHH order is whether to get standard blue or go for a custom color. The standard blue is a safer choice. A custom color would make it unique, but may hinder sale later if I ever did want to sell, though I cannot now envision ever wanting that. Even after placing the order, I will still have a bit of time, maybe a couple of months, to finalize component selection. Your mention of the 9sp or less is what triggered the re-think in my response to Tim. Maybe the standard Riv 3x9 is sufficient or even to be preferred. I know it would be sufficient. I'm not sure about the preferred part yet. For some of the other components I'm narrowing down choices on... Bars - Nitto Randonneur - I want a drop bar and like the flare out of the drop on these. Earlier, Tim removed my worry about possibly using brifters on it. I had the FSA Wing Pro on my VO Rando and it was nice. I think the Randonneur flare may be a little better for me, though that's just a guess right now. Wheels - Since I am not likely to need much lighting, battery power should be sufficient for lighting instead of getting a dyno. If I ever do any touring later, I can get a dyno hub for the second wheel set. I like the idea of Phil hubs, but am leaning towards the standard Riv wheels. I don't know enough about Phils to know if extra cost difference would be worth it for my application. Thanks. Tim On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Zach Kahl <zachk...@gmail.com> wrote: > What a great thread. I would say the worst thing about buying a Rivendell > is that every option is a win. That said, people who ride Riv (in my > opinion) know exactly what type of riding they are wanting to do and then > pick out which bike is best for that. Most all of them are going to attach > some weight to the bike(s), which makes the Roadeo kind of a niche bike > once you already have a Riv that will allow you to go on a tour. Since you > said you want to have only one bike, I would take a strong look at the AHH > or an Appaloosa. > > I am on a 62 Hunq and I am 6'6" with a bad back. I still built it with DT > shifters and that is a decision I made and have not looked back on for a > second. The brainlessness that happens once I got used to the reach make > being on the bike very natural for me and allowed be to acquire the feeling > that makes a Rivendell so dreamy once it is dialed in (I have more trouble > finding the right bottle cage than I do finding my shifters). > > I have heard everyone hear say supporting things about both of the bikes > you started out talking on; with some additions on your first 2 choices. I > would recommend cancelling the Roadeo and look at the other options. I > would not go 11sp because I think that these bikes work great as 9sp or > less (with a triple front ring you can run the whole gamut with the proper > cassette). > > I would say that you are only at the beginning stage of making your > decision and once you know all of the choices front and back you will make > your choice of what you want and will ride. This will make the first day of > ownership be just as special as every day you ride the bike. I would be > surprised if you bought another bike ever again, and if you did I am > certain it would be another Rivendell. > > Buy something that has tire clearance, buy something that can accept a > rack. Enjoy yourself and have no regrets!! > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
