Amen to that, brother about road riding in general... . *I'm just not much into riding on the road anymore...too many people out to kill you with their cars around my area which has scared me off the road. I'm not too proud to admit it*
Which may be a very good reason why gravel road/offroad riding appeals And a few people have mentioned age and accident related injuries which unfortunately changes how you ride and what works for you back on the topic of Rivs on the chopping block On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 3:03:42 PM UTC-5, RJM wrote: > > I sold all my Rivs...had three at one time. (Roadeo, Sam Hillborne, > Atlantis) > > What happened to me was getting heavily involved in mountain biking and > I moved away from commuting by bike. I don't even bike camp anymore, so the > ability to tote a bunch of stuff on my bike just isn't a selling point for > me anymore. It really is just a priority change. I could purchase a Riv > again if they came out with a mountain bike specific frame that wasn't just > a touring bike built burlier...and I would prefer disc brakes. I know Riv > doesn't do them, but for what I ride and for how I ride, hydraulic disc > brakes are far superior to cantis or even v-brakes. But, I could see > getting a "mountain mixte" custom Rivendell made. There was one in a Riv > Reader a few years back that I could see duplicating for some of the trails > I ride. I currently have a full suspension bike (Santa Cruz Hightower) and > a rigid steel hardtail (Niner Sir9) set up single speed, both 29ers and > both ride great for what I'm riding. Lots of smiles on those bikes. > > My since sold Sam Hillborne with v-brakes could easily be a competent > modern day gravel bike. I rode that bike all over on the gravel and cannot > see much besting it. The Roadeo was a really great road bike; in fact I > just had someone ask me about it the other day and said how awesome > it was. Gorgeous bike that rode great. I'm just not much into riding on the > road anymore...too many people out to kill you with their cars around my > area which has scared me off the road. I'm not too proud to admit it. > > On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 5:51:16 AM UTC-5, Daniel Jackson wrote: > >> Why so many great Rivs for sale on the list recently? What are folks >> moving to this riding season and why? >> > -- 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.
