I want a Lemond Dutch in my stable. Since the motor is in the rear wheel, I could just swap out one of my through axle rear wheels and save a few pounds. There's got to be a way to get the battery out. That sub 20 pound step through would be HOT. One doesn't need a light bike to be fast, but one does need a light bike to have a light bike.
My Roadeo is pink partially because the Lemond Dutch is pink. BL in EC On Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:12:42 PM UTC-7 Chris Halasz wrote: > Patrick > > Photo (honest apologies for non-Riv photo) below; bike's geometry, what > with 465mm chainstays and 69/71 degree head/seat tubes, is probably most > like a Betty Foy in handling, and I say most like, as in less like any > other wonderfully designed Riv geometry. (I would be so tempted by a 62cm > Betty Foy!) > > [image: LeMond_Dutch.jpg] > > Bill > > Clearly, a LeMond Dutch. Stock, save for the saddle and tires, and > regretting I didn't go with blackwalls. It'd be interesting, if the motor > and battery failed and went obsolete, to gut the thing and have a what - > 20lb Dutch bike? I kinda like having the motor to return up the hill from > downtown with our bounty from the farmer's market: > > [image: LeMond_Dutch_Farmer's.jpg] > > I was not so much thinking of probabilities of those wanting wider tires, > as I was addressing the context of this thread, and the OP, who had 55mm > tires on a bike designed for such width, and then rendered what looked like > 32mm GP5000s (how about chainstay dimpling for a 23mm tire increase! Ha!). > I built a Riv to try out the 55mm RH tires, and tires that wide, or really > anything over 35mm, didn't work for me, and where and how I ride, and then > I didn't think the GP Urbans looked right on that bike, but unfortunately > lost that photo. Great big tires, like low trail, were a thing I was eager > to try, but didn't personally favor. Maybe it had to do with all the > chipseal along the remote roads in the hills getting repaved with smooth > surface? > > Cheers, > > Chris > On Friday, March 6, 2026 at 6:31:02 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > >> Chris: Carbon fiber Dutch bike with B 68??? I imagine an omafiets made by >> Parlee (starting price, frame only, $12,900) with twined grips made from >> inner tube and scrap-of-Newbaum's chainstay protector and B68 that weighs >> 2x the frame weight and zip-tied cables. But please explain and post photo. >> >> Patrick "I like Ike!" Moore >> >> On Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 12:29 PM Chris Halasz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> ... my Dutch bike *is* carbon, but with (Riv content), Newbaums, hemp >>> twine, and a Brooks B68 (which kicks my carbon fiber Dutch bike up a half >>> pound)! >>> >> -- 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/09f1cfcc-7bd4-48c7-9ae6-df18387bd76an%40googlegroups.com.
