I'm basically a drop bar guy, but I love my wife's Betty Foy, so I thought it would be great to have a bike that I can just ride on with no fuss and I have it pitlocked so I can take it to the grocery and not have to worry about it getting stuff stolen too easily.
The bike doesn't really turn too quickly when you turn the handlebars, but it has the Riv quickness in terms of responding to body weight shifts, so while I don't think the bike is fast, it is responsive to me. I set up the bike with Albastache bars and I put the brakes up front. The position feels similar to the drop bar position and I can tuck in when it's windy. The upright position towards the end of the bars is nice to have, especially when I am just taking a relaxing ride with the kids. I tried to ride with non-clipless pedals, but I live on the middle of a big hill, and any direction you go, there are hills. I missed the power of the clipless pedals when climbing, so I had to compromise and have the shimano two sided pedals with one side spd and one side standard. I don't care--yet--about having the mixte and easy mounting of the saddle, but I'm sure I'll appreciate that as I get older! The bike as shown below was expertly assembled by Mark at Riv, and with him knowing how I ride, he setup the Cheviot just as I would like it. I used a 7 cm stem, and I normally use a 9 cm stem for my drops. Toshi https://www.flickr.com/photos/42771204@N00/38968449685/in/dateposted-public/ -- 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.
