Hey, prove me wrong, tell me about all the times someone used their boutique cruiser to cross the Pamir range, and replaced their downtube with humble irrigation pipe in a cliffisde ironmonger’s shop after a bit of a kerfuffle with an avalanche.
I’m using that as an example of, more broadly, the functional pointlessness of field rebuildability. It’s just not important in 9.99999% incidences of bicycle use.
I think you misplaced a decimal point.
aw fudge
i think you are confusing old riv with new riv.
the difference between old riv and new riv is there is no difference, the world just changed around them.
Tell me all the times someone crossed the Pamir on a bike with disc brakes and tubeless?
Is it boutique if it costs as much but doesn’t have lugs? 
Whoa, didn’t think that was a real quote.
Rude awakening if they have any wheels with Riv hubs, pretty sure they’re all sealed bearings.
I mean in no case are a lot of people doing it, but it is cool to see. The Silk Road race is in the Tian Shan, not the Pamir, I was a little off in what I was thinking of.
boutique: depends on the business model and units produced. Point me towards stories from contemporary ultra-distance racing or touring wherein someone was able to capitalize on the more traditional components and materials popular with Rivendell and similar brands.
As far as disc and tubeless go: I’d 100% use tubeless, and carry dynaplugs, radial patches, and needle and thread for leatherwork, along with some extra sealant. And a tube or two, of course. My sense is that this is an area where field repair is both kinda likely to come up and is far easier with modern components.
For disc, this forum, like all forums, did hydro vs mech to death at least a few times. The general consensus is that for serious backcountry and for travel, mechanical is probably better. Is disc vs. rim really a question at this point?
moving the goalposts now?
I can move the goalposts back to the foothills of Mt. Diablo and Briones regional park, if that would help.
Contemporary rivs are likely purchased almost exclusively by enthusiasts and probably see way more miles than your average mass market bike brand.
There are a few old riv dudes here. A couple are cool AF old dudes who ride all over the place, tour, shred gravel, and are not afraid of modern tech. A couple do all those same things but will gladly tell you that Newbaums cloth tape is the best, tubeless is pointless, and shakes fail. But they are all retired/semi-retired boomers that ride a ton. @iwillbe, one of these days we need to get out to Cumberland and do a big dumb ride. Their ring leader knows every single back road out that way and where all the sweet gravel is hiding.
But yeah, peanut butter bearings guy is a maroon.
#thanksshimano ?
Well… there is that. Got one in the shop right now. Everything has a service interval. You’d think the guys that want to repack their hubs rather than going for a ride would understand that.
I really only ever see the ones that are beat to fuck commuters.
That’s a generous interpretation of “it breaks cables”.
When I get to the point where I want to create a new account just for talking shit, I will take a break for a few days.
Your bike sucks and we have a team of formidable experts working round the clock to prove it.
@EndpointBraden I’d love to do Cumberland, if only I had a bike that was better for gravel than my road bike, and yet lighter-tubed then my crosscheck.
Regarding Rivendell, sure people ride all kinds of things, I’m basing my opinion here on how in the East Bay the frequency of Rivendell sightings varied as the inverse square of miles from a bart station and / or feet above sea level. I see few in RVA in general.
I definitely take BART places specifically just to ride bike.
Ironically, I only ever did that to go to Walnut Creek
To ride Diablo