I know I'm sounding like a parrot here and I'll stfu after this, but Riv sells steel bikes and of the approximately 1,000,000 framebuilders in the United States (true, most of them are in Portland, but bikeflights is your friend) there are bound to be some are capable of and would happily put proper disc mounts onto the Riv machine of your choice. Of all the niggling little things that Grant won't do, disc mounts are pretty much the easiest to do as an aftermarket change.
-david parsons On Monday, June 26, 2017 at 10:44:51 PM UTC-7, Ash A wrote: > > Someone else in this thread said why should it be one way or the other. > There are many, many aspects of Riv bikes that I swear by - which is the > reason I spend 3x the money (as compared to off-the-shelf choices I had > considered) building one. Introducing discs doesn't make all the other > fabulous things go away. I had looked at one bike (maybe SOMA) that > supported both discs and rim brakes. Perhaps such design adds to the cost > and changes certain ride characteristics. Just how today on my Joe I can > chose a V-brake or Cantis, it'd be great if there was an option to go with > disc if there's a reason. > > I don't have a reason to go with discs. I also think they would noise to > the way my bike looks. However, I can live with those mounts being there > on my bike. > > > Question to Jay Connolly: what's the bigger tire (with fenders) do you > think I can have on my Appaloosa if I were to use Avid Single-Digit 7? > Thanks. > > > On Monday, 26 June 2017 06:41:00 UTC-7, Jay Connolly wrote: >> >> I used only canti brakes a quite a while. Then I went ro discs. When I >> discovered v-brakes, I wondered why I had bothered with discs. For true >> MTBs, I think discs are an advantage in mud, and I prefer XT-level >> hydraulics, which have been faultless, for me. Most mechanicals are fiddly, >> though the best I've found are TRP Spyres, which are less so. Back to >> v-brakes: TRP CX9s are the strongest brakes I have used--bar none, >> including discs. They don't allow much more than a 35mm tire with fenders, >> but they are strong enough to pitch anyone over the bars. On my Appaloosa >> I'm running Avid Single-Digit 7s, ands they are more than strong enough for >> me--as good or better than any mechanical disc I've used. >> >> Having said that, there's this: Riv can't win the battle against industry >> "progress" on this issue, unfortunately, because the perception will be >> that the bikes are pre-obsolete and the fear will be that replacement parts >> will be unavailable. Both will hit sales harder and harder as time marches >> forward. I ride with 30-year-olds who have never owned a bike without >> discs. As these people age and acquire the earning power to embrace a wider >> set of values in their bicycles, they will likely reject the bikes on the >> brake issue. I love everything about the company, including their >> collective stubbornness, but I would also like to see the business survive >> and thrive. >> >> Jay >> >> -- 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.
