Originally Posted by
ironwood
Does anyone who has posted on is thread actually ride a Rivendell?
No way, they're insanely expensive. For the price of a Rivendell frame I can have a whole bike built from a frame, with decent specs. Plus, I want disc brakes, unthreaded steerers and freehubs on my bikes.
I read the Rivendell Reader, have read one of Grant's books and I appreciate about 50% of what he says, but I'm a new generation of retrogrouch. 1 1/8 straight steerer tubes, 9 speed drivetrains, QR hubs, an appreciation of 26", etc.
Grants ideas are interesting, but his bikes are ridiculously expensive and feature tech that is a generation too early for me.