Good to hear. Just ordered my first Rivendell...the black and cream Sam. Definitely plan to ride it to the ground, but it can see it being the other way around...
On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 12:11:27 PM UTC-4, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote: > Hear hear! > > If you can only get one, a Sam is a good choice. In fact, when desirous of > a second bike, I got yet another Hillborne. > > At the time I weighed enough that it was probably truly warranted in some > sense: I never ride for speed, always want to carry stuff, and was (and > still am) fat to boot. I do ride year round, I do ride on rough roads and > moderate trails, I do ride tens of miles when I can, and I do want to know > that the bike is not become mis-shapen just because it's me riding. Sounds > like a job for a Hillborne. > > I do now weigh somewhat less and sometimes I wonder... would my second > bike have been something else in these current improved circumstances? A > Hilsen-type? A singlespeed? A (gasp) road bike? > > Alas, I seriously doubt I'll ever know. My Hillbornes are the bees knees. > And there's always at least one ready to go! > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > > On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 11:54:52 PM UTC-5, Tom Virgil wrote: > > ... > > >> Sam Hilborne is my goto bike for just about anything other than extended >> rides. Spandex, street clothes, board shorts, get on Sam and ride. One >> block in the hood or ten miles. He has a lot of Nitto for carrying things, >> but most of the time gets ridden naked with the exception of an Acorn glove >> compartment and tool roll. I have had great support from Rivendell (in >> particular, Jared) but have not needed it for some time. If you could have >> only one bike, this would be the bike. >> > > ... > -- 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.
