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Rivendell Sam Hillborne
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A kick stand? Why?
julian_hughes
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How does that ride? Usually when you see such a big head tube it's because the rider is well over 6' but that doesn't look like an especially big frame. The geometry is extremely relaxed and the saddle is well forward. I've never seen a design like this before. Does it work?
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Actually, ignoring the colours and decoration and styling then perhaps that geometry does put me in mind of a very old school delivery bike. But they were always black and boring.
Love Rivendell and the ethos behind the company, grant is a genuine bike obsessed character.
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Why not? It’s a city bike.
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Yes. It’s extremely comfortable and stable.
The head tube is tall to facilitate raising the handlebars higher. Think Dutch bike.
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The geometry is well within the norm for old school touring bikes like the 80’s era Trek 720 and Bruce Gordon, and the more recent Surly LHT.
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Yup, one of the most interesting and influential characters in cycling (outside of racing).
Nice to see it fitted with paul component neo retro brakes - they’ve got phenomenal braking power but very well modulated, are they nitto bars? - my Tripster had Paul’s love levers and QR skewers, having nice components on bikes just made me smile every time I rode.
I see Rene Herse hammered mudguards as well, very classy bike
I see Rene Herse hammered mudguards as well, very classy bike
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Hey thanks. I really enjoyed your photos, saw some great parts and the cranks were a new one for me.Nice to see it fitted with paul component neo retro brakes - they’ve got phenomenal braking power but very well modulated, are they nitto bars? - my Tripster had Paul’s love levers and QR skewers, having nice components on bikes just made me smile every time I rode.
I see Rene Herse hammered mudguards as well, very classy bike
Yeah, the Paul stuff is amazing. I’ve been speccing his parts from the early days on my mountain bikes, and then commuters and touring/city bikes over the years. I’m working on a Velo Orange Pass Hunter build for my daughter and I’ll most likely outfit it with the Paul flat mount Klampers.
The bars are the Nitto Losco, designed by Blue Lug as a low-rise version of the Riv designed Bosco bar (low + Bosco = Losco).
The mudguards are actually Honjo, but they’re essentially the same as the Rene Herse (I believe Honjo may make the Rene Herse mudguards?).
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Sorry, never saw a need even with a bike ridden within a city a lot....just extra baggage.
That's a large head tube?
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City bikes in most every country where bicycles are used for primary transportation have kickstands. It’s like having a parking brake in your car or kickstand for your motorcycle.
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It’s tall for the frame size. The frame is a 60 cm, the head tube is essentially a 64.
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There’s a whole world of interesting and useful bikes outside of the mainstream road/racing, mountain, and “gravel“ genres.Didn't recognize the freakishly tall issues
More that I'm of very average height
I've a 58 road frame, but it's a tad large. I use "large" mountain bike frames generally because the smaller size has more issues for me.Still don't like kick stands
On a city bike I just lean appropriately.....
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Gotcha. My point was that one person’s “freakish” is another person‘s “unusual looking, but smartly designed to meet a specific goal”.More that I'm of very average height
