Originally Posted by
Roger M
That's a great looking bike, fender1! I sure wish this one had room for bigger tires like yours. I'm hoping 30mm will fit, but 28mm will go on if not.
BTW, how does that stack up against your Rivendell?
It is a much nicer ride than than anything else that I own. I have two rivs and a retso mod Ritchey road. Its only been a couple of hundred miles but the Lyon beats them all. Its basically like I took the best attrubutes of the other three and put them in one bike. I don't do lots of data harvesting of my rides but when I ride this bike on the routes that I ride regulalry, the Rides With GPS app keeps telling me I just did a personal best. My conditioning is pretty much the same
It weighs 22.5lbs with saddle, pedals and bottle cages which is a half a pound heavier than the Riv Legolas. The wheelset is has been on the Legolas and the Ritchey previously. I was a skeptic when it came to the BQ "planing" stuff but with the 7/4/7 top tube and light weight downtube this bike really feels easier to ride for the same amount of effort that I put out.
FWIW, this was another persoms "custom". I am glad I took the chance on it. Now seriously thinking about selling two of the other three.