On 06/14/2016 06:23 PM, Reed Kennedy wrote:
I've been a Rivvy sorta guy for the last ten years, owning several of
their bikes and numerous others built up in Riv-inspired ways.
Recently I've been reading through back issues of Bicycle Quarterly,
and back posts on Jan Heine's blog. It's got me wondering about this
whole alternate-universe practical bike thing he describes, which
seems to be characterized by low trail steering geometry, flexible
frames, and carrying loads up front.
I'd love to try it, but such bikes aren't exactly common.
Does anyone have experience with both Rivvy (mid-trail, burly rigid
frame, carrying stuff all over) and the more French rando / Jan sort
of bike? What did you think of each?
Yes indeed. I sold a Rambouillet to get a Johnny Coast-built Velo
Orange Randonneur, and I sold a Saluki to get one of Mitch Pryor's MAP
Randonneurs. In each case I went from OS Riv tubing and high trail
geometry to standard diameter thinner gauge and low trail geometry. I
liked the Rivs, but I like the "BQ style" bikes a lot better.
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