FWIW, the particular Crust Russ is reviewing isn't low trail — he said it's 76 or 75 mm. I don't have a particular dog in the fight, and I enjoyed the video and don't consider it click-bait. As Russ said, he gets asked this type of question all the time, so why not do a video?
And re: guitarists—thanks to Philip for the Rory Gallagher link. I'd never heard of him but will now check him out. Tom Milani Alexandria, VA USA On Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 2:18:44 AM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > Which - to be clear - is my response to the premise of the thread which is > the premise of the Path Less Pedaled thing. I'm not objecting to the thread > being a thread. > > Joe "let me say this about that" Bernard > > On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 10:02:16 PM UTC-8 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> I don't think a Riv vs. anything low trail really counts as a comparison, >> it's two very different approaches to what is considered the "right" way >> for a bicycle to handle. But my bias is extreme, I bought a Crust Lightning >> Bolt (disc) and hoo boy did I learn the expensive way that I do *not *like >> low trail. Rivs ride the way I need my bikes to ride. >> >> On Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 8:03:14 PM UTC-8 Ben Miller wrote: >> >>> The "Path Less Pedaled" YouTube channel just released a video with the >>> provocative title "Rivendell vs Crust! Which is Better? >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0hM8ZSBRl0>" >>> >>> The actual video is a lot less provocative. Basically Russ comparing his >>> Hillborne to his Bombora. Still interesting, but maybe less so than it >>> could be? >>> >>> I imagine Crust and Rivendell must get compared to each other a lot. I >>> know that their the only two bike frames I currently own and ride, so I do >>> it more or less constantly. I imagine that this is partly due to Matt & >>> Bene purposefully designing the Romanceur frame with the Rivendell >>> aesthetic in mind. I think Russ sort of touches on that, when comparing the >>> Bombora to the All City and the Hillborne to the Richtey. He seems to be >>> saying, the Ritchey/All City aesthetic lacked something the Riv/Crust bikes >>> had. >>> >>> Anyways, I think of Crust as threadless, disc, and low trail compared to >>> Rivendell with rim brakes, quill stems, and high trail. Like most thing's >>> not hard and fast (see: Canti Lightning Bolt). What's your hot take on the >>> two? >>> >>> I think both bike companies are really doing some amazing and important >>> stuff for the bike industry. What I think would be really interesting >>> collaboration between Grant and Matt. Maybe something along the lines of >>> the Soma San Marcos, but both providing inputs. That'd be really cool! >>> >> -- 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/197f9f58-3ae2-4c5a-93ac-1a603ee08d35n%40googlegroups.com.
