Hi Joel, I have owned 3 Rivendells between 2016 and 2019. 51cm Appaloosa, 50cm MIT Atlantis and 46cm (in that order, in succession). Sold each of them to list members after riding for a few months. I had no legit reason to change bikes so fast other than curiosity (and spare time at hand). I like fiddling with bike as much as riding them. I have tried a dozen or so kinds of handlebars/stems/saddles on these bikes to figure out ergonomics. I have also tried a few kinds of brakes just to understand how different they are. Same goes with shifters, cranksets and cassettes.
Now I'm waiting for my Longbolts frame. Out of those 3 Rivs, I rode 51 Appaloosa the most. I do not remember stand over clearance being an issue (thanks to the sloping TT). It had the supplest ride of all. Some of the rides I did with 51 Appaloosa when it was built minimally (without fenders/racks) were the most enjoyable ever. I did a few lightly loaded (about 20 pounds weight, often in the front) long rides (50ish miles). I have done several grocery runs, often cargo both in the front and back. 50cm Atlantis was better suited for such use. To me 51 Appa became slightly unwieldy at times with load. With load, Atlantis was more enjoyable to ride. 46 Appaloosa felt quite similar to 50 Atlantis, with a bit less stack (hence I could never get the handlebars high enough - I like to ride upright). The Atlantis came close to 51 Appa's cushiness when I experimented for some time with 2" compass RTP tubeless (Appa had 2" Schwalbe Allmotion sometimes and 47mm WTB Horizons on other occasions, with inner tube). Enjoy the bike hunt! hth, Ash PS: can't wait to build the Susie. I'm in Rich's wheel set queue. On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 15:21:12 UTC-7 Joel Stern wrote: > Thanks Ash, actually I like the Appaloosa a lot but the sizing may be a > tad off from what Riv told me although a member on this forum has said the > standover was 30 5/8 which could work for me. What size did you get and how > do you find the standover? I am on a Bleriot at the moment, had sold a load > of Rivs due to a car accident 10 years ago, sold 6 about 5 or 6 years ago, > a custom, an AR and another Bleriot I was going to bring to Brasil. I am > back on the bike now after 10 years that the Bleriot is good but a tad high > TT for me although Grant would think it is fine. I don't like feeling to TT > as much as I do when I stand over the bike but I can live with it. I like > the longer chainstay idea of your bike, hope you love it. From what I > have learned the new Atlantis may be a good fit for me but I just don't > bond with the color when I look at the pictures. Are you happy with the MIT > bike? My Bleriot has some issues, not really issues but some of the braze > ons are not in exactly the right place, my rear rack had to come off as it > was pushing on the rear brake, really not a big deal as I don't really > carry anything. > > Thanks much > > Joel > > Joel > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 6:13 PM Ash <ash...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Joel, >> >> I sold mine to a local buyer in 2016 before building my 51cm green >> Appaloosa. >> >> I remember that order through Bicycle Classics is a slow process. You >> need to email them indicating what item you need. Sooner or later (likely >> later) you will get a response. Then you PayPal them the money. I think >> his name is Greg. Speaking from my experience, they are reliable. For the >> Sam Marcos frame I made double payment (some goof up happened with the >> mobile app session). He promptly refunded it next day. I also remember >> that once I sent them the payment, they shipped the frame pretty quickly. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Ash >> >> PS: I have read your frame discussions on and off in other threads. I'm >> guessing you are wishing Roadini 50/54cm sizes were 650b. I certainly do. >> San Marcos is as close to Roadini as it gets if you want 650b. Confession, >> if the frame I got was the newer version of San Marcos (slightly darker >> blue), I would not have sold it. >> >> On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 09:25:42 UTC-7 Joel Stern wrote: >> >>> >>> Ash, did you sell your 51cm San Marcos frame? Also, how in the world >>> did you place an order with bicycle classics, I cannot figure out how this >>> guy does business. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Joel >>> >>> On Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 10:40:52 AM UTC-5, Ash wrote: >>>> >>>> Mine was shipped from Laporte, CO. >>>> >>>> Does not seem like the guy checks his email that frequently. Once I >>>> placed the order he shipped the item very next day though. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, 21 November 2016 16:51:47 UTC-8, Belopsky wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Maybe I was mistaken, I thought I had seen multiple posts by you, oh >>>>> well.. >>>>> >>>>> Where is Bicycle Classics shipping from? I see two addresses for them >>>>> - one in Michigan the other in Colorado - I actually had emailed them/him >>>>> but have not heard back in a week+ >>>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/B_JCoRvFEW0/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e01d31b1-8f43-4723-bc33-531e3d208ba3n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e01d31b1-8f43-4723-bc33-531e3d208ba3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/50bbfbbc-c92c-41a4-8e64-c370d38bdff9n%40googlegroups.com.
