I was making a similar choice a couple of months ago and ended up with an Appaloosa - having ridden neither and mostly from reading what folks posted in this group.
Deciding factors for me were (1) I was never going to use drop bars and (2) I'd always have at least a light load, i.e. the front/rear racks don't come off. (I don't think the Appa was designed with drop bars in mind.) Options the Appa has over the Hillborne (which I haven't taken advantage of but influenced my decision) were the ability to haul heavier loads and to run 55 mm tires. On the chain stays I can't tell if the length help with stability relative to other bikes but I no longer worry about heel strikes even with a smaller (51cm) frame. One final note: the Appa is a blast to ride - spritely when unloaded, super stable when loaded. --Ed -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
