THAT is what a Rivendell *should* look like in my eyes. Perfect perfect. The higher the bars have gone, and longer the chainstays get, the less I'm interested in what they're doing.
I too was pretty devoted to the mustache bar, but after some wrist issues from the past crept up again I had to switch them out. Little did I know, the Albatross I tried on a whim became a huge favorite. It allowed me the semi "aero?" position of the M, but with the relief of the grips. Bravo on the ergo/M combo! And extra points for the Shimergo! On Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 9:32:25 AM UTC-6 Greg J wrote: > There was an article in the mid- to late-90s in a mainstream bike magazine > (Mountainbikes?) comparing, tongue-in-cheek, a Riv All-Rounder and the > latest Cannondale DH bike. It had the standard Riv parts (Nitto, Brooks, > and Suntour bar-ends), but generally similar to your bike, with the m-bars > and saddle-bar level. So in my mind, your AR is stylistically the > Rivendell that I think of as representative. And my mid 90s AR is set up > similarly, except I have a normal drop bar. I haven't ridden a m-bar in > years, but I recall liking it quite a bit. > > Greg > > > On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 7:49:07 AM UTC-7, Tim Wilson wrote: >> >> I'm new to the bunch, but a Rivendell owner since the beginning. Thought >> some of you might be interested in seeing my admittedly >> no-longer-very-riv-ish '94 All Rounder. >> >> Here's the story: In 1993 I bought a Bridgestone XO-1 frame, the orange >> one, and spent the next year fiddling with configurations: various tire >> styles, bar shapes, shifter positions, gearing strategies, all generally in >> pursuit of the style of riding expressed in this famous image of Pineapple >> Bob from the catalog that year: nimble, athletic, rebellious; off the >> beaten path, old-school vibe. >> >> [image: Image.jpg] >> >> By '94, I'd figured out what setup I liked, but also that the frame I had >> wasn't the right size for me. Too late, though, as Bridgestone was now out >> of business in the US. Thankfully, Grant was on to his next thing, and >> offering the All-Rounder, which seemed intended to keep the XO thing going, >> at the time. I ordered one, drove up from Chicago to collect it at the >> Waterford facility, and have had it ever since. >> >> Here it is today. Not so Rivendell-like by current standards, but tons of >> fun to ride when I'm in the mustache-bar mood. Those are heretical >> brake-lever shifters on there. Chorus 11-spd Ergo driving a Shimano 9-spd >> mech. "Shimergo" I've heard it called. A perfect indexing match. Unusually, >> I do like 'stache bars (for rides shorter than a couple hours) but have >> never warmed to bar-end shifters. The Ergo levers work quite nicely on >> mustache bars. >> >> [image: IMG_1764.jpeg] >> >> I'm too old now to have as many bikes as I have, and this one may not >> make the cut. Don't know yet. What does the bunch think? I hope showing a >> bike with the stem lower than the seat doesn't get me in trouble here. >> >> >> -Tim >> >> >> >> >> -- 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/2b20d59f-463d-4ec3-903a-2ab27377756an%40googlegroups.com.
