Thanks everyone. It looks like only a very few have owned and ridden a sus-corrected bike in both rigid and sus modes...so the experience pool here is kinda small, as expected.
For those that may or may not have that experience, it looks like poor aesthetics, not "Riv" enough, handling weirdness of a specific bike model (don't know make), riding only in places and at speeds where your body is enough of a shock, and lack of replacement part longevity are reason enough not to buy a sus-corrected bike. Carry on! Next topic. Can't wait to see the new MTB. One thing we no doubt all agree on is that a new bike, a new *Riv *bike, is always exciting. 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.