>>1740652rigid 90s mtb is only better if it's
>high end>good condition>well serviced/ restoredand
>upgraded that's well outside the means of most people. You have to literally learn to wrench whereas if you bought a new riv it's obscenely expensive but you can just ride it
also, wide 700c tires and rack bosses
both might make the riv categorically superior.
the cheaper more sensible equivelant of the riv is really more like a surly and the difference being no lugs and less boutique shiny components.