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My Rivendell Quickbeam. Very comfortable ride with lots of tire clearance.
Since this picture was made, I've "upgraded" the stem and seatpost to lugged Nittos and replaced the brake levers with the really nice Tektro levers. Which reminds me, I really need to take some new pictures. |
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I had a romulus for several years and sold it to someone on the forum, I think. I liked it and did a bunch of centuries on it. Not very sexy and was never really a conversation starter like some of my other steel bikes, but still very nice and functional. Best compliment I can give it is I never really had to think about it, it just took me where I needed to go.
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I once had an All Rounder. Grant was friendly to work with over the phone and very tolerant of my frame fitting ignorance. The frame details were exquisite and the ride was great, but in the end touring wasn't my thing.
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In any case, Rivs are nice, stable, and pretty. Had a Ramb and AHH a while back. Would be nice for commuter touring etc. fwiw, my Kirk w/ 853protubing has nearly Ramb geometry but is far more sprightly. Go figure. |
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According to a recent thread by Dave Kirk newer steel tubing is far lighter and better than the old stuff so your comment makes perfect sense.
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I've downed the Riv the Cool Aid. Age and three broken vertebrae hastened the conversion. I started with an orange Ram that looked better than it rode. Then moved on to a Roadeo, a fendered and racked Bleriot, a custom 650B, a San Marcos, and most recently the proto Romulus, which after a refresh, is being ridden constantly. For a rider and not a racer wannabe, they are tops in my book. I'm not convinced about the latest crop of what I consider to be grocery-getters.
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I got a town bike set up with a lot of stuff I bought from Rivendell, and I like their vibe a lot.
I've never ridden one of their bikes, though I've seen a fair number on the road. I definitely have noticed that people I see riding them almost always look happy and are typically in groups of 2 or 3. |
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Mark always strikes me as a classic introvert
when I've been in there. Would not paint the whole place with Mark as the only data point. You gotta consider what it would be like to be there full time and what sorts of personalities it would attract = all sorts.
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I've had two Quickbeams; three Waterford-built All Rounders (including one that was S&S coupled); an Atlantis; and a cantilevered Romulus.
All were well built, well designed, and rode wonderfully. |
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Riv been berry berry good tome
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I tried using it as a mountain bike but the stays were too long to keep my weight on the back wheel when it got really sketchy, and the M-bars killed my hands - it was tough enough but not responsive enough. Great on dirt roads though. Finally made it a light touring bike - it was overkill for most of my riding but I did a lot of fun rides on that thing. I rode the Cabot Trail on it - some of the toughest climbing I've ever done. In retrospect I wish I'd had a somewhat lighter and more responsive bike for that, but I had the low gears and the way that bike handled kept me from getting too exuberant, which probably made it easier to get into a rhythm and just keep moving... -Ray
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In contrast my newest Kirk was built as a light tourer, longish stays, very stable but somehow Dave made it more fun to ride, it feels fast and crisp. May be just in my head or I've heard Dave and Tom share some special sauce they use to design and build. |
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