Congrats, and welcome to the club. Those Clems look like a blast to ride, especially. Enjoy!
On Friday, March 26, 2021 at 8:40:41 PM UTC-7 Matthew Williams wrote: > Welcome, Matt! > > Your last photo--is that Malibu, or the Santa Monica Mountains? > > > > > On Mar 26, 2021, at 7:44 PM, Matt Maceda <mma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello! Long time Rivendell-liker, first time Riv-enjoyer. Thanks for > letting me participate in the RBW group! > After a very short test ride on a mate's Clem L 59cm I knew I had to have > one. Thanks to his Ebay saved search I am now an owner. This is my first > ever Rivendell and I'm beginning to understand why they have such a > dedicated following. > I have a second hand Clem L in size 59cm, with what seems to be a > conservatively upgraded build (Velocity Atlas wheelset, barcons). After a > short shakedown ride I was quickly giving the Clem "magic bike" status. I'm > impressed and surprised at how responsive the front end feels, something I > wasn't expecting out of the wheel size and overall length. The bike eats > rough road and rolls like that fat ass boulder from Indiana Jones. It feels > like riding around in an old Buick and you're listening to the intro to > *Lakeside > - It's All the Way Live <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RzQlpAM5rU>* over > and over. > I'm excited to ride this bike and to make it my own with bags, upgrades, > and whatnot. I'll continue to update in this thread as time passes. Thanks > for looking! pule > - Matt > > <1.jpg><2.jpg><3.jpg><4.jpg> > > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/58d7bf85-3887-44e4-a2dd-bbee61b78c20n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/58d7bf85-3887-44e4-a2dd-bbee61b78c20n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > <1.jpg><4.jpg><3.jpg><2.jpg> > > > -- 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/dd5b28e7-2508-4cdd-b363-f268a4fa3168n%40googlegroups.com.
