Nicely appointed, and the color is super--the grayish silver of the P65s looks great with that wonderful blue, as does the stock gray saddle. Just a super looking, super capable bicycle! I have the Rustine grips on two bikes, they look and feel great. But the stock grips on my Clementine are fine as well. I was considering the frame mounted wheel lock, and even attempted to get a group buy to offset shipping charges from, I think, England. Glad that Riv has them again, but I may wait to see what they get from Taiwan. Congratulations on your return to cycling. I doubt you could have picked a better bike for the task.
On Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 7:10:23 PM UTC-4, LLM wrote: > > The Clem-L Complete that I pre-ordered back in April, arrived this past > Friday. (Happy dance!!) The photo was taken today during my first grocery > run with the bike. The approximately 11-mile round trip is my longest ride > to date since a 2-year disability layoff from cycling, and recent hip > replacements. The low gearing covered for my still low levels of fitness > and aerobic capacity, as I huffed and puffed across the rolling hills of > Albany, NY. If it had not been in the 90's with oppressively high > humidity, I could have gone further. Aside from the thumb shifters, which > I am still figuring out how to use well, riding the bike is easy and fun. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p7wMxwPJkws/V7DwH5v_8rI/AAAAAAAABG4/UHmCZWM_LBk6sxQGQ_PmzyUeHXpDPrPHgCLcB/s1600/Clem-L%2BHydrangea.jpg> > I added the "requisite" Mark's Rack with a Wald medium basket and medium > Sackville ShopSack. The AXE Victory frame lock (recently added to the Riv > site) fits easily over the P65 fenders. I like not having to fumble with a > u-lock. I've stowed a cable lock in the Sackville Multisack for securing > the front wheel and frame to bike racks. The gum grips are by Rustine, and > bell by Spurcycle. I usually ride Brooks saddles, and I have a B67S that I > thought I would put on the bike. However, I'm finding the stock saddle to > be pretty comfortable, at least for short hops, and for now, I like not > having to worry about rain falling on leather. I have a Pletscher Clem > rack in the wings that I will add at some point. I'll probably also swap > in the nice Wellgo platform pedals from my Surly. For now, the bike has > all I need. > > My early impression is that the bike is going to be perfect for me! > > Linda > -- 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.
