David, Having owned both the LHT, A Bruce Gordon Rock 'n' Road, and the Orange Vaya (it is the fastest color), the Vaya seems to me to feel the most sprightly unladen. I haven't ever loaded it up with the crazy heavy weight I put on my LHT, but with 4 day loads, it rides well, but not slugglishly.
I now mostly ride mine on the local bike trails and some washboard dirt roads, and I love it... I hate to say it, but it really is pulling neck and neck with the El Mariachi to be the "If I could only keep one of my bikes" bike. -Thomas On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 11:47:13 AM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi Kellie, curious on how the Vaya rides unladen. It's marketed as a > touring bike, and am wondering if it's built up with heavy tubing similar > to a Long Haul Trucker. I'm looking at one locally, but don't need an > over-built (relative) touring frame. > Just wondering what your thoughts on that are. > Thanks, > David > > On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 8:17:52 AM UTC-8, Kellie Stapleton wrote: >> >> Set up here for gravel, the Vaya is great for touring and road riding >> too. Orange, the fastest color! In excellent condition: Midge bars, Sram >> drivetrain, double compact, Crank Brothers Eggbeaters, WTB Tubeless Ready >> rims, with 2 sets of tires *$1100*. >> >> >> >> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xKcrtbwLssw/VNjdRrE1dzI/AAAAAAAAARA/QzTf2dvn_c0/s1600/P1000252.jpg> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
