I got out on my favourite local loop this past weekend on the Susie, a 50km gravel & light singletrack loop in the Seymour valley. I wrote it up on my website mostly to convey the photos in full resolution that were popular in the Fall Riding pics thread. The photos still do little justice for how amazing it is to be in this forest during late November drizzle, easily my favourite time of year to be out there despite the cold and wet.
This was the first bigger ride on the bike, as I've mostly been commuting and barely topped 20km per ride prior to this aboard it. https://www.jasonmytail.com/2024-11-17-susie-lscr-loop/ On Tuesday, 29 October 2024 at 20:29:23 UTC-7 Jason Fuller wrote: > Ed - the tires are Rene Herse Umtanum 650x55, wrapped in Simworks Flat 65 > fenders. It's a good combination, the Susie has plenty of extra clearance > but this maxes out what I can fit under V-brakes. Without fenders I'd be > comfortable with a 2.5 to 2.6 with V-brakes. The Motolites are nice to set > up, you can just install the pads to be parallel the rim, and then use the > 'collar' to adjust up-down as well as fine tune the toe-in rather than try > to set all these at the same time using the cup and cone washers. I > appreciated that the Susie's studs were spaced appropriately for the > Cliffhanger rims as well > > Brendon - I'll probably bring the bars down a bit, but yes since I'm on > the 50 despite being able to fit a 53 easily I've got a bit less stack > which is good! I can bring them down to basically level with the saddle if > I want to. > > Richard (and also Brendon) - I can definitely see moving away from the > Ortho bar for singletrack. I have a Stooge for trail riding as well as the > Crust Wombat, so my off-road needs are fully met between those two and I > love them both. It begs the question, isn't the Susie more bike than I need > if my purpose for it is commuting, cruising around town, and just a bit of > gravel and trail riding? So far I'm really enjoying it for these purposes, > but it'll be interesting to go back and forth with the Bombadil and > compare. Bombadil is obviously stiffer and more compact, both super > capable. > > > > > > On Monday 28 October 2024 at 18:23:27 UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> A little bit of apples/oranges perhaps as my bike is a Gus. But I had a >> similar experience with Bosco on it. I made some calculations & took a >> chance on an Albacore bar. Coupled with a 35mm stem it has transformed the >> Gus into a singletrack joy if not a beast.:) The Bosco was pretty great >> however just cruising. >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Oct 28, 2024, at 9:01 PM, brendonoid <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> This Crust Vid <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFM2o5Hl584&t> was a >> huge inspiration for me to pull the trigger on getting a Susie in the >> second batch, the Ortho-Susie combo just seemed so right. >> In the end I didn't enjoy the Ortho on my XL Susie because the stack is >> just so high I couldn't get the reach where I wanted without it all feeling >> just too upright. I ride my Susie on some pretty serious single track >> adventures so the flex with the quill stem was more sketch, than pleasant, >> also. >> Looks like it works pretty spot on in your size though Jason! >> Bloody nice. >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7cd165cf-f026-48be-9120-5fc55b9fc701n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7cd165cf-f026-48be-9120-5fc55b9fc701n%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8b74c208-b92d-4758-9c0a-7a81528d0071n%40googlegroups.com.
