I've seen many opinions on what constitutes a "Rivish" bike and my own thoughts have varied over the years. At this point, I would say that a durable, practical, versatile and comfortable bike ridden with a "Just Ride" attitude, is "Rivish".
I can't quite convince myself that a carbon bike is Rivish and I struggle a bit with even aluminum. I tend to agree with Grant that a bike should have a lifespan measured in decades, rather than years. I would never consider a non-steel bike that I personally own to be "Rivish" but I wouldn't argue that someone else's non-steel bike isn't "Rivish". On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 3:12:47 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > I was at Riv HQ yesterday and had a longish chat with several of the > staff. Will, Corey, Roman, Mark, and I waved hi to Vince. They had been > paying attention to my 10x200 thing, and we talked a little bit about that, > and we also talked about the Marin Mountains 200k that had been a big part > of the focus of my training. That ride was scheduled for Oct 14, but got > moved to the 28th because of the fires, so it's just a few days away. > I was telling Will about the bike I'm going to be using, with it's carbon > fiber shock fork and disc brakes. Here's a link to the photo for those who > didn't see it before: > > NINER > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-llmdKzgCGpk/WbX3_ZeZ30I/AAAAAAAADko/H_IjsGJekxEpEKa_XDTbIghXx2dbxmfCACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_2134.JPG> > > I made the comment to Will that it's probably my least Rivvish bike, > meaning that it's aluminum, with a carbon shock fork, with disc brakes, > etc. It's 'modern'. It's 'contemporary', etc. Will disagreed. Will said > he thinks it is totally Rivvish, because I've considered every part on the > bike, and decided on what will work for me, with zero consideration about > what others expect me to run. This fork works for me, so I'm running it. > I want shifters on the steertube, so I made a shifter mount. I think > hydraulic discs are the best, so I'm running them. I think brifters are > lame, so I'm not running them. I want 650B wheels on a Niner, so there. I > want a dynamo hub, even though I'm running 15mm through axle. I > commissioned a custom lamp mount. Etc etc. The upshot is that "being > Rivvish" does not mean blindly following Riv's style. It means freeing > yourself from style-following. > > Since Will is young, pale and bald, I thought we should paraphrase > spoon-boy > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-awoxFUnYF2o/WfDvFhQTdcI/AAAAAAAADqI/VZqZEFU-1QwZmA3H-hW4iJypcPVxvaUagCLcBGAs/s1600/spoonboy.jpg> > > Do not try and bend the *style*, that's impossible. Instead, only try to > realize the truth...*there is no style*. Then you'll see that it is not > the *style* that bends, it is only yourself. > > -- 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.
