For folks interested in a disc-braked rivendell, take a look at the Crust Romanceur. It's lugged steel, has 1" threaded steerer (bonus in my book), and definitely rivendellian geometry, though perhaps more 90's to mid-2000's riv than current.
On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 12:04:28 PM UTC-4, Nash Taylor wrote: > > I dont think anyone has said they need disc brakes to stop. Most people > have bikes with both types of brakes. Its just something different and > while not everyone will choose them, they do stop more quickly and easily. > Is that a requirement? No. Will some people choose it? Yes. Will some > people decide they dont need or want it? Yes. > > I have had bikes with disc brakes and as a mechanic have worked on many > many, of all quality. I prefer rim brakes because I prefer to deal with > their drawbacks than the drawbacks of disc brakes, of which there are a > few, in my personal opinion. But its a strange all or nothing argument > that pops up around this issue. I dont think that makes any sense -- 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.
