Personally, I think you've got all the of the bases covered with the two frames you already own. That Redwood is super cool and even though it goes against your "a bike is just a bike" ethos, I think the fact that you've imbued some of your own personality and tweaked it to fit your needs better makes it a keeper (not to mention the rarity). With both of those frames you have a ton of flexibility (within reasonable bounds) to adapt to whatever riding you want to do now or might want to do in the future. On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11:47:15 AM UTC-4 Andy Beichler wrote:
> What is the bottom bracket drop on your Redwood? Was that built before > Rivendell started using 80 mm of drop for frames? I have an 84 Paramount > touring with 80mm of drop and have played with the idea of putting 650b on > it. I have never made any moves to make it happen due to the bb drop but > if it is the same as a Redwood, I might actually look into it. > > On Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 1:59:32 PM UTC-4, David B wrote: >> >> I've had lofty goals to increase riding while working from home - those >> were unrealistic with young kids - and I'm now leaning towards one 'nice' >> bike as an all-rounder. I likely won't be doing road-exclusive rides, so >> don't really need a 'road' bike, hence the sale of my Roadini. >> >> With a Roadini sale, I'll be left with the following: >> Riv Redwood, 650b'd and fendered - >> https://www.instagram.com/p/B_yrQRyl3T6/ >> Riv Clem Smith Jr., currently w/ drops - >> https://www.instagram.com/p/B-99voyFx5D/ >> >> What I'd really like is a bike that can take 2.1" tires and fenders and >> be setup comfortably with either drops or albatross bars, and with geometry >> angles somewhere between the Clem (71.5 hta/sta) and Redwood (73 hta/sta). >> >> I've been very attached to the Redwood, however I've been shifting to the >> 'bikes are just bikes' attitude and am open to passing it along if need be. >> I say 'nice' as I have a lockup train station bike and a folding bike >> that I'll be keeping. >> >> I see potential options as: >> 1. Sell Redwood, keep Clem and be okay with current setup >> 2. Sell Clem, keep Redwood and be okay with 47mm tires w/ fenders >> 3. Sell Redwood, sell Clem, buy an Appaloosa >> 4. Sell Redwood, sell Clem, buy a Black Mountain Monstercross >> 5. Ignore this desire and keep both bikes >> >> Note - this is not a feeler for selling either bike - if I sell the >> Redwood it'll not be a bargain sale. >> >> Thoughts, suggestions, other options? Other options would need to fit >> ~94pbh. >> Thanks, >> David >> > -- 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/73b52bc3-d484-4ed1-8bc1-4071b4f49b49n%40googlegroups.com.
