Wrong!
If you want a non-modern, steel, long as hell bike that fits 26" rims and uses canti brakes, then boy do I have a surprise for you.
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Yeah he said it would be their take on a modern mtn bike. What in the world is modern about this?
So many posts on the google group like ‘I didn’t like it at first but its growing on me. Yeah you know maybe I do like it…’
Threadless fork, 650b, swoopy pseudo Jones Spaceframe dropped top tube? He probably shoulda said “more modern than our previous non-modern mtb”. He could have done himself a favor by not setting it up with the goofy bosco bars and hobo tape/grips.
True fans
but like, how blown would minds have been if he released a lugged karate monkey with a biplane fork
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Boom! why get a Rivendell when you can get a 4 TSUNAMI’s
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I’m of two minds. On one hand, it’s hilarious to see him painted in his little lugged steel and no-disc brake box, which results in this hilariously compromised expensive shitbox bike. On the other hand, if he just came out with a Karate Monkey, most of his customers (75% of whom have or do own at least one Surly) would probably recognize that and just opt for the real thing, instead of his facsimile.
Real talk, but are these good or not?
It appears to have a non-replaceable, sand cast derailleur hanger, so I’m going to say no.
yeah saw that as well
OK what about this knock off Brompton? https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Chrome-Steel-Folding-Bike-16-349-Urban-Commuter-Bicycle-with-Caliper-Brake-Rear-Rack-Inner-3/1075412_32859856323.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.33.59a31410HGgWh1
I’d like to compare that to a real one.
Brompton did a licence deal with a factory once but then they stopped paying licence fees and it all went South. I found aluminium main frame clones with cassette hubs and mini vees in Taipei years ago. Ended up wider but an ok version all up.
ah yeah they had some of those taiwanese brompton frames on alibaba some years ago.
I actually doubt this. At this point, I think most Riv customers are buying mostly because of Grant and a commitment to Rivdorkiness.
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On one hand this is entertaining… on the other…
The first-gen KM (modulo the suspension-corrected fork) isn’t too far off geometry-wise from some of Riv’s more get-off-my-lawn frames. If you took a gen1 KM frame and stretched the headtube downwards, then applied a few cosmetic lugs & a silly name, you’d have something that would could hide in a rack full of genuine rivendells.
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A turdly butt in shellacced clothing so to speak
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jan needs some sick edits
also i am seriously having some PNW withdrawal these days
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Jan need’s some flats, hiking boots and a UL tent
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