Also agreeing with Jay, but the roadish bike should be a Sam or a Hilsen, in my opinion.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 7:15:12 PM UTC-7, Jay Connolly wrote: > > Keep the Jones, sell the Surly; keep the Bombadil, sell the Fargo. Buy a > Roadini or a Roadeo, or something similar. Use the Jones for all rough > tracks, snow, mud, and so on. Use the Bombadil for mixed surface rides, > groomed gravel, light trails, and easy recreational rides. Buy a more > Road-boasted bike for pushing yourself on the pavement. > > I know the problem. In my enthusiasm for bikes I liked, I used to have a > tendency to replicate them. Always this led to the realization that I had > simply duplicated, but rarely improved, something I liked. I have a Jones > Plus and would never sell it, though I may do what you've done and at a fat > front tire to make it even more versatile. It's my mountain biking, > single-track, and bikepacking rig (replaced a Fargo I used on the GDMBR in > 2015). I have an Appaloosa set up with a relatively high drop bar and full > racks, and it's incredibly comfortable for touring, for hauling, and for > rose-smelling. I have a Sam Hillborne set up with a lower bar and no racks, > and I ride that briskly for 1, 2, or 3 hours at a time. I think of it as my > fitness bike. The Appaloosa and the Sam could be setup similarly, but they > are completely different bikes the way I have them rigged. > > Good luck with reconstructing your stable. > > Jay > > -- 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.
