I ordered my Hilsen when they were still being produce at Waterford, so they apparently had some flexibility, especially with the tubing. It was a slight upcharge. I'm pretty sure the standard tubing would handle my brevet loads, but I wanted something that was a little beefier for light touring with small rear panniers. I'm 6'4" and push 200lbs most of the time, so I'm probably an outlier. I think at some point Grant had posted that the bike was really designed to handle total loads under 220-225lb, as a result I wanted a little extra assurance with stronger tubing.
That being said, my Hilsen doesn't have the third set of water bottle brazes nor the slick new fork crown. Bob H. Knoxville TN On Jun 28, 9:41 am, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > Since when can you order heftier tubing on a Hilsen? Like the Rom, Ram, Luki, > Beam, and new Taiwan projects, I thought all the details were set in stone by > RBW, except paint, which might be available at an upcharge (if they approve > of the color) > > ________________________________ > From: Bob H. <[email protected]> > > .........I had my Hilsen put together with slightly heavier tubing..... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
