I was not thinking that it would be "mini". I was thinking that you could get the advantages of the long chain stays, long top tube and long wheelbase, in the overall length of a "normal" non-Riv bike. It would then be more usable when transporting on public transportation and easier to navigate a tight stairwell or tight living quarters with. It wouldn't be so wide on a back of the car bike rack. It would fit more easily inside my Element. I have zero expectation that Riv would actually do one. Riv obviously doesn't have a stack of unused, long steering tube 20" wheel forks sitting around to do a run of Rosco Bubbes with. One a the few persistent complaints that I hear about Rivendells on this site is about the overall length and the possibly mis-named Mini-velo concept might cure that without a lot of other compromises. Just the rambling thoughts of an old gear-head.
Laing On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 3:51:02 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > I think it would be an interesting exercise and in the current "they all > sell out" climate Riv would probably do ok with one, but you'd have to > convince Grant there's a reason to own one. I had a VO Neutrino for a > while, which I bought online, and was quite surprised to discover how > not-all-that-mini it was. I'm not convinced a 20-inch-wheel Riv with long > stays and a long toptube is going to be notably more compact than one with > 26 or 27.5. Now if he wanted to do it with separators to break it in half > like a Moulton, I'm in! > > Joe Bernard > > On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 6:02:51 AM UTC-8 lconley wrote: > >> I have wondered what a Rivendell version of a mini-velo would be like. A >> mini velo is a small tired, non-folding but full size bike like the VO >> Neutrino, BikesDirect also had one some years back. You could have the long >> Riv wheelbase and ride, without the actual total bike length being any >> longer that a "normal" bike. And, of course the low top tube. >> I do have a folding Bike Friday and a VO Neutrino. Too heavy for the Bike >> Friday now, but the Neutrino seems stout enough. >> >> Laing >> > -- 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/dcd59ae2-daf9-4795-90e7-e672177d186fn%40googlegroups.com.
