Roberta, after a few days I can certainly say this is the best feeling bike I've ridden.
Kai, I may remove the skateboard rack as it won't fit my current 10" board that I'm riding and have to strap it on the basket, which works fine too. I've thought about going smaller again but the big board is a lot of fun. Joe, I was planning on doing all black after seeing pics of yours but I ended up mixing in some silver and now I'm liking the yin yang look of the black/silver combo. On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 1:24:01 PM UTC-5, Tim Baldwin wrote: > > The frame arrived last Monday, I finished the build on Friday, and added > the racks on Saturday. This is my first Riv after years of wanting one. I > wasn't sure if the ride would live up to the hype but I'm loving it so far. > So stable and yet feels quick. After seeing Will's 2 speed setup I really > wanted to try it out. I'm in Chicago so it's flat but we do get some good > headwinds. So far I'm really digging it. > > The picture is after my first commute yesterday. I'll try and stop on the > way home today and get some outdoor pics. I think I'm going to take off the > rear rack and get one of the new Bag Boy saddle bags. I think that with the > medium basket bag will work great for commuting. I'll also get a lighter > front rack. Right now the bike is a bit heavy to carry up/down stairs so it > would be nice to lighten it up a bit. Don't really feel the weight riding > though. I got the water bottle cage behind the seat tube now, but I talked > to a guy at my shop who's into making bags and we talked about doing one > between rear tire and seat tube. Seems a perfect use for the space. I still > need to figure out fenders. Not enough room under the fork crown with these > Big Ben Plus tires but I really like the ride and flat proofness of them. > I'll probably end up splitting the front fender so I can continue using the > nice fat tires. > > I ride 10 miles each way to work and I'm enjoying the ride more than ever. > I had the same tires and Bosco bars on a Troll before this but the Atlantis > feels like riding on a cloud compared to my previous setup. The Deore > v-brakes feel better than the BB7 discs, which was a pleasant surprise. > Overall, I'm very happy with this bike. > -- 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.
