d2mini, I agree with your 'no replacing' statement, though in my riding areas, full sus would be fun but not required....a hard tail is fine.
In general, I think there is a large misunderstanding of the types of singletrack to be found in different parts of the U.S. (and world). In NC, the trails I have access to are rooty, rocky, often rutted, often damp, heavily wooded, with oh-so-nice brief stints of what a lot of the Riv videos show. I mean, if the test of a mountain bike's design worth is Repack Road, then fine, no suspension needed. But that's a far, far cry from what we experience "over here". Thus my wish for an MTB that could appeal to a wider audience by offering sus-corrected fork/frame. Yes, I know I can get that somewhere else. I've had several. But the thought of a RIv-designed one, which I know would be the best, is exciting to me, anyway. Tom On Friday, June 15, 2018 at 11:59:17 AM UTC-4, d2mini wrote: > > For my mountain biking, there is no replacing my full suspension mtn bike. > Period. > > That's ok though. I have my Riv for my casual riding on roads and light > trails and my specialized rockhopper for taking the real abuse. > > In other words, don't force something to be something it's not. Let Riv be > Riv. > If you're riding requires some sort of suspension, there are so many good > options out there already. > > > > On Friday, June 15, 2018 at 9:56:05 AM UTC-5, tc wrote: >> >> With the exciting news about a new Riv MTB in the works, I wonder what >> would be given up by offering it with a suspension-corrected rigid fork to >> allow those of us who prefer some squish in front to have that option? I >> realize it's too late for that, but I can always hope for a "2.0" model :) >> >> And I'd like to stay away from justifying the need for me or anyone else >> needing a suspension fork, and instead stick to the design principles >> involved, and mostly the experience of those who've had bikes that were >> offered with suspension corrected forks/frames and rode them with both >> setups. For the type of riding you do/did, did the offset/trail/whatever >> bug you to the point that you didn't like one version or the other? Did >> you really appreciate the flexibility it gave you? Did you enjoy it both >> ways, for different purposes? >> >> Tom >> > -- 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.
