Long wheelbase: I've ridden a bunch of both, they're both good but my custom is a longbike cuz it's MAGIC.
What Grant's opinion was 20-25 years ago: has changed on a bunch of stuff. The first iteration of Atlantis didn't come with mid-fork mounts, now just about everything from the company does. He changed his mind. On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 6:24:35 PM UTC-7 R. Alexis wrote: > Hello all. > > I don't have an All Rounder, but I do have the first generation Waterford > built Rivendell Mountain. Those first generation Rivendell Road, Allrounder > and Mountain offered several options when ordering. Rack mount placement, > Headtube extention, cream painted accent headtube, etc. I remember when > ordering and mulling over things asking Grant about getting the bike built > with KGB(Koski, Guy, Breezer) hooded drop outs on the frame and rollercam > mounts. He gave a had no on the Breezer drop outs, but did offer to do the > rollercam brake mounts. I ended up just doing standard canti brakes. > > Although a lot of the features offered on later Rivendells are nice, the > more time passes, the more I am less likely to give up my Rivendell > Mountain. It is still configured the way I built it originally. I have > changed out things, just to change them back. Swapped out the Suntour > XC-Pro thumb shifters for XC-Pro Wishbone shifters, then changed back. > Changed out the Wilderness Trail Bikes SST saddle for a Brooks B17, then > changed back. I did finally swap out the Ritchey CrossBite 1.5 tires for > Schwalbe Sammy Slick and changed the Profile Design Kage for a Tallac Duel > stainless steel bottle cage. I have not ridden any current Rivendell > offerings. Don't know that I have ridden any other Rivendell offering, > other than my Mountain. > > I do have a Bridgestone 1991 MB-0(Zip), 1993 XO-1 and 1994 MB-1. I enjoy > riding my MB-1 and XO-1 when I pull them out. > > I am a bit skeptical on the whole long wheelbase iteration that are the > new Rivs. That is mostly an issue of being used to a less long wheelbase. > Pretty sure they ride fine. > > Thanks, > > Reginald Alexis > > On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 8:50:18 AM UTC-5 Sean Steinle wrote: > >> I apologize if this has already been discussed, but I honestly can't find >> much about the All Rounder, in the way of ride reports, reviews, etc. It >> seems to be a Holy Grail bike for several, and I'm curious, is it simply >> the fact that they're rare and hard to find now, or is there truly >> something special about it? >> >> I remember Grant talking about the old Bridgestones in an article I came >> across, and his sentiment was essentially 'They're fine bikes, but they >> don't stack up against Rivs'. At least part of his reasoning was that he'd >> continued to refine with Rivendell, and the improvements were drastic >> enough that he felt the Rivs were in a different league. This makes me >> wonder if Grant would have a similar feeling about the All Rounder. I'd >> love to hear from those who own/have owned one. What's the verdict, is it >> truly one of the best Rivs out there? Worth the price of admission if one >> is lucky enough to find one in their size? >> >> Thanks for humoring me :) >> Sean in Kansas >> > -- 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/5337b73b-aac1-43b3-ba3e-61c0fe67e56dn%40googlegroups.com.
