John, she does say it's not the review itself. Just some initial thoughts since she's already had it so long while she tries to finish figuring out what makes it ride like it does without having to use the word 'magic,' and also to test it's haulin' abilities a bit more. Personally, I can say with 3000 miles on mine I agree with everything she's said in those initial impressions. I look forward to her formal review, they have historically been pretty good. It was her review of the Simcoe Roadster Signature that convinced me to plunk on one a couple years back for riding with my then-fiancée instead of cheaping down to the (then much better than now) Trek Allant for that use.
I will go ahead and go where she won't though, the Clem is magic. It's my heaviest and upright bike. It feels like I'm going slower and more relaxed every time I ride it, but my times are all as good as they were on any other bike I've been through, sometimes faster, and I'm happier riding it farther than I am any of the others. Mine's been down this week as I have the front wheel rebuilt, so, I've been riding my original commuter and my Simcoe, and they both just feel a little... meh, now. I think the Clem's ruining other bikes for me. On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 9:01:44 PM UTC-4, John Hawrylak wrote: > > Zed > > I was referring to the "Lovely Bicycle" review. Frankly, the write ups by > the list members are better. The review seemed to have wandered. > > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ > > On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 6:57:18 PM UTC-4, Zed Martinez wrote: > >> pb - I use mine with a shorter stem (10cm, not 12 or 13cm) and don't have >> any problem with flex. The long stems plus the Clem still slightly confuse >> me for most uses, the whole reason for the extra length of the Clem's >> effective top tube length I gathered from the long development history was >> so you could use the Boscos comfortably without having to use the longest >> stem going. My 52cm Clem with 10cm stem is about the same as using the >> Boscos as a 54cm Hunq with a 13cm stem on paper. >> >> John - Which reviewer, Velouria (lovelybicycle) or Annie? Velouria has a >> weird history with Rivs, but she's probably the biggest blogger going in >> the non standard bike scene, she has ridden and reviewed a lot of bikes in >> the Clem demographic. >> >> On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 7:26:19 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>> >>> http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2016/09/clementine-belated-befuddled-bedazzled.html >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and >>> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >>> >>> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >>> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >>> >>> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >>> >>> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) * >>> Aristotle >>> >>> >>> -- 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.
