It was 2005, and I was looking for a fixed-gear capable bike to ride long distances. I had signed up to be part of the Big Fix cross-country ride in 2006, and it was clear that my Soma was not going to fit the bill—fast and light, but not great for multiple days in the saddle.
My friend, the organizer of the Big Fix, had a Quickbeam and convinced me to try it. I bought mine after being told in no uncertain terms by the well-meaning folk in Walnut Creek that it was too small for me, based on their sizing orthodoxy. I rode the Quickbeam successfullly on the Big Fix and, a year later, rode Paris-Brest-Paris on it. I still have the Quickbeam, now with a three-speed hub, and ride it regularly. And it’s still too small. Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com > On Dec 13, 2021, at 10:42 AM, Kushan <ktha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > After a year of pandemic riding on an aluminum hybrid bike in 2020, I was > ready to buy a more "serious" bike for longer rides. A lot of people and > shops I talked to recommended a carbon road bike was the natural choice and > that's what all the serious cyclists rode. Before jumping on that bandwagon, > I had the bright idea of renting a top of the line carbon road bike for a > day. Despite their marketed "endurance geometry" and having the right sized > bike, it felt uncomfortable, even in the muslces that one normally doesn't > use in cycling. On a local 15 mile route, I was slower than I had been on my > "cheap" hybrid bike. Being a Walnut Creek resident, I had known about > Rivendell and read some of their articles online. I gladly returned my rental > carbon bike the same day. Since then, have acquired a Roadini and an > Appaloosa and love them both. > > On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 10:07:10 AM UTC-8 Jason Fuller wrote: > I had been idly considering a Hillborne for quite some time because it > checked all the boxes for me on capability, and I was Riv-curious for a > couple years but enjoyed my Soma too. I naively thought that when the 2019 > batch of Hillbornes were gone, they'd never be back or at least never be back > the same, since at that point all the other models had massively long rear > ends and I wasn't ready for that. So I impulsively bought the third-to-last > Sam from that batch (of the last size and colour available, orange 51) before > it was too late. > > > > On Monday, 13 December 2021 at 09:48:56 UTC-8 Ryan wrote: > I know Bicycling did a short review of the all-rounder in the nineties; might > have been Jim Langley and Addison Wilhite who wrote the Rambler blog scanned > many early Rivendell reviews. I rather like this review of the Riv Road by > Garrett Lai of Bicycle Guide who had a stable of really good writers > https://www.addisonwilhite.com/uploads/4/0/1/2/40122449/rivendell_road_review_-_1996.pdf > > <https://www.addisonwilhite.com/uploads/4/0/1/2/40122449/rivendell_road_review_-_1996.pdf> > > > Me - 1993 X0-1 - lover of old B-stone catalogues with their art and writing > and rather nice production bikes, but not as fancy as the Rivs > > 1997 - green all-rounder > > late 2000 Curt Goodrich custom harvest gold road bike > > early 2017 ordered Dec 31 2015 Mark Nobilette maroon custom mixte > > Still have all 4 bikes...my one material extravagance > > Love their ethos and earlier classic sensibility and they're lovely people. I > like it that their newer stuff is a lot more affordable and it's clearly > making people very happy > > On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 10:52:58 AM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: > If anyone can find this review and post it or a link to it, I'd be very > grateful. > > On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 8:01 PM <rlti...@gmail.com <>> wrote: > I read a review of a Riv Road in Bicycling magazine in the late 90’s and that > review led me to research Rivendell bicycles. That research led me to the BOB > group which soon lead to a custom order for an All Rounder being placed. > > -- > 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 > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/048ece0a-5cf4-4810-bd66-1d8068eeab23n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/048ece0a-5cf4-4810-bd66-1d8068eeab23n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/609483BE-5C29-4433-8B61-343E8EC83717%40me.com.
