I was in a similar situation: I had a comparably spec'd Giant with bars that were way too low for me to ride comfortably. I somewhat solved it by adding a long/tall stem and Bosco bars, but soon after built up my own Clem L. In short, the only thing MB-1 era bikes do better than a Clem is take up less space (easier to fit in a car/garage/apartment/bike rack); even if you manage to get the MB-1 to fit you *better*, it will still be no match for the awesomeness of the Clem's long geometry & tire clearance. Bstones have a huge following (with correspondingly silly market pricing), but I can't imagine having any real use for one (beyond novelty) if you already have a Clem you're happy with. Again, this is somewhat at odds with the Radavist-y culture of objectifying old bikes for the sake of.....something(?) Ride the wheels off your Clem and want for nothing!
On Monday, July 3, 2023 at 3:42:44 PM UTC-4 Lee T wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've had this MB-1 since 2007 when I lived in the desert in California. > I'm its second owner. I don't ride it very much and it's taking up a lot of > space in my studio apartment, lol. I wanted a Susie Longbolts but couldn't > afford it, and purchased a lovely Clem "L" large off this list a year ago > and really love it. I also have a Bianchi San Jose singlespeed 58cm already. > > My MB-1s a 50cm and the geometry really annoys me. I have to lean way too > far over to reach the handlebars, plus i wonder if the frame is too small. > I mostly do singletrack on my Clem with 2.3 Thunder Burt tires. I live in > Brooklyn so it's hard to find as many mountain bike opportunities anyway > beyond stealth city park biking. > > I coveted the Susie Longbolts/Wolbis Slugstone but wonder how different it > would really be from my Clem. In any case, I've been trying to figure out > if I should just sell the MB-1 or if I should get some north road bars or > something and try those? As far as I know, I have almost all the original > parts on the bike minus the seat, so maybe I should sell this to someone > for whom this is their dream bike and just be thankful I have two nice > bikes already? Not sure! > > Thanks for any opinions. > > -- 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/9b74eb1b-b972-4d68-8698-eb811e155b4cn%40googlegroups.com.
