I see where you are coming from. Making a clear distinction between a touring frame and an all rounder designed for long reach brakes and bigger tires could be difficult. However I'm not so sure that a MUP is the best place to notice a clear difference between narrow tires or wider tires. In my area bike paths are generally flat, smooth, narrow, crowded in the summer and inconvenient to get to but then I live in a rural setting and riding on the open road is what I must do if I want to ride at all. Were it me, I would build up a lightweight ( under 20 pounds) single speed for the MUP and gear it maximally for whatever terrain that happened to be. If you don't ever plan to tour, racks and all, maybe sell the Atlantis but that is such a useful bike I would keep it. I think you would be crazy to trade your Hilsen for a Ram , gee whiz ,the Hilsen is such a better bike overall. My advice, get some Jack Browns or something in the 32mm wide lightweight neighborhood and pump them up for your weight and don't give it another thought. In the meantime, get your Atlantis all racked out with bags and camping gear and plan a tour out in the country or several overnighters on the weekend. Lastly you may want to look into having a custom built frame with all the bells and whistles for your style of riding......a skinnier tire bike that can still take fenders and loaded with braze ons for racks etc. More of a Brevet bike, oh wait, that describes the Hilsen...... hmmmm!
On Dec 3, 6:34 am, Shawn <[email protected]> wrote: > Now that I have the Atlantis, I have been thinking of making my Hilsen > more of a roadish type bike to use on week-end rides with my friends > on our smooth local MUP. Can anyone tell me how the AHH might handle, > ride and look with 25mm to 28mm tires on it. I know most people don't > ride that skinny of a tire but any feed back would be appreciated. I > am trying to separate the two bikes into two distinct categories; > Atlantis- touring, camping, commuter= big tires; Hilsen- club rides, > events, exercise, go faster=skinner tires. It seems like the Hilsen’s > clearance are wasted now that I have the Atlantis. > > I know it sounds like I want a more traditional type road bike and the > Roadeo would fit that bill perfectly, except there is the matter of > finances, can’t sell the Hilsen to totally finance the Roadeo, and I > am not crazy about the fact the Roadeo does not have brazeons for at > least a Mark type rack. > > Is the Rambouillet a better road bike than the Hilsen? If so maybe I > should trade or sell my Hilsen for a Rambouillet. I want to be clear > that I do not want to race, I just want to make a clear distinctions > between the two bikes. > > Sorry about the long post and thanks in advance for any advice or > feedback. > Shawn -- 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.
