Bill, you do make some good points. I just want it all - lively ride that can carry a 20 lb. camping load (being a lightweight backpacker). Yeah, nothing can do everything well. If I were going to do a heavy duty tour I would get a bike appropriate for that.
The Roadeo is much like bikes I already have. And you are correct, I should get rid of some bikes! Cheers, Bill in Roswell, GA On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 12:14:02 AM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > What debate? The obvious answer is both. The L'Avecaise is not a bike > packing bike. It's a cyclotouring bike at most. The Riv model it most > resembles would be a Roadeo. If you want a real touring bike or a bike > packing bike, the Lyon is not necessarily that. But if you want a light > flexible road machine for fat tires, the Rivendell is maybe overbuilt. You > really need one of each, or maybe need to clear out your existing stable to > make room -- 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.
