Hi! To answer your second question, no you cannot make an 80s bike into a Rivendell. I have an 80s Mountain Bike and an Appaloosa. The Appaloosa is great, and it fits me a lot better than the 80s mountain bike. The 80s mountain bike is 80% of a Rivendell, but it's that diminishing return, that difference that makes it a Rivendell. I commute on the Appaloosa and yes, it is overkill. It's heavy (Rivendell is the only bike company that doesn't publish what their frames weigh, AFAIK) and I'm slow but I like it anyway. Please consider what bike will fit you best. I wanted a 29er 80s mountain bike, and that is essentially what the Appaloosa is. I bought mine in 2016. Since then, there are a lot more options for "gravel" bikes and bikes that are similar to the Appaloosa.
If you've got the money, go for it. If you're in NYC I'll let you take my Appaloosa for a ride to test it. M On Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 11:44:35 AM UTC-4 max.c....@gmail.com wrote: > First: I realize I am asking this to an entirely biased group of people > and I'm okay with that! > > For years I have casually dreamed of owning an Atlantis. I commute 4 miles > each way by bike, ditched my car a few years ago, and love riding, but I do > it pretty casually. I'm not racing or doing endurance rides. I just like > riding my bike and I do it whenever I can. > > I don't need the nicest bike in the world and have been fairly satisfied > with my 1988 Schwinn Cimarron that I've made a fair approximation of a poor > man's rivendell (somewhat out of date pic below!). However, I've always had > the itch to upgrade. > > Recently, I received an unexpected influx of cash and want to spend it on > something fun. I'm wondering: how much will I noticeably appreciate the > difference an Atlantis would bring if I were to spend the money? I'm > especially interested in the input from those who have gone from the 80s > era rigid MTB with swept back bars that approximate a Riv (and Grant's > ethos from Bridgestone) to the real deal. Was it worth the money? Do you > think you could have gotten by on that 80s frame? > > > > Thanks in advance! > Max > -- 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/784935c1-dd0d-408f-8de2-12ab611478a2n%40googlegroups.com.
