Really nice, Paul...a beauty.
On Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 6:44:58 AM UTC-4 Paul in Dallas wrote: > Thanks Mark. > > I've had quite a few vintage mt bikes set up 'Riv' style particularly in > the cockpit with 'upright' bars, > quality fatter tires and practical gearing making for comfortable and fun > bikes to ride on a modest budget. > > Also, I've had several nice vintage touring bikes come through the bike > stable also set up similarly. > (Have two now.) > > For my personal riding I give a slight edge to the touring bikes over the > made over mt bikes as I tend to be a tad faster on them for some reason, > perhaps the lighter tubing on their frames. > The old tourers do have have more limits on tire sizes. > > The 'faster' aspect is very relative as I've grown old and much slower > > (Actually was never very fast) > > Quantifying these things is not my strong suit. > > Mind you, my previous and only other Riv was a custom road I bought from > Grant all the way back in 1999 and owned about 4 or 5 years so it's been 16 > or 17 years since last owning a Riv. > > (Regretted selling it but that was during my phase of trying for lighter > and faster bikes.) > > Now with my new to me Riv... > I can tell a difference. > > Only 28 miles on it since picking it up Tuesday morning but it just feels > so comfortable, stable > and seems to want to just go. > Perhaps responsive to my input is one way to put it. > > Its definitely putting a wide grin on my face! > > Another plus is when stopping for a break I get to admire the overall > beauty of it and the many cool small details. > > To sum up, I'm loving it more each ride. It does have a quality I've > really not quantified very well putting it at a few notches above my other > bikes. > > I'll continue to mull it over as I continue riding it with a big smile. > > Paul in Dallas > > > > > -- 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/af03ae28-f7b0-449b-b9ee-259f1df81a3en%40googlegroups.com.
