Dave, Nearly everyone here give very good personal advice in my opinion but they can only deal with the potentially biased information they possess. (We all like what we have (keep) and which works for us and want to share that with others which affirms out decisions regarding bikes). I agree with the majority who advise keeping the Bombadil and the Jones. I have a 64cm Bombadil, a 24+ Jones, a 68cm Custom Riv, an XL Surly Moonlander, and a Jumbo (large) Hubbahhubbah; I am 6'6" and my weight fluctuates between 225-255. The only other big variables are financial and emotional status. At our SIZE, I find that the Bombadil works just as great as a bike path, daily run around, errand bike as my 68cm Atlantis did. I have used my Bombadil set up as a County Road bike with a lighter wheel set(Mavic Open Pro and Campy Record hubs-8 speed rear and 700x44 Soma tubular(light)casing tires. I also have a set of heavier duty Velocity DeepV 40h with Campy 8 -Speed OR Record hubs for heavy multiple day touring when my bike, self, and gear surpasses 330lbs. I so regretted parting with my Bombadil frame that I persuaded the buyer to trade me for my 68cm Atlantis. When you sell the Troll and Fargo if you have the strong desire to add a 3rd bike as a Rando/large man stripped down go fast, more power to you. Personally I would skip the Sam because I don't think it provides you anything significantly different than the Bombadil could as a go fast. Congrats on your absolutely amazing weight loss by the way; if you find yourself under 240 someday and want to reward yourself(emotionally) with a true road bike to complement the Jones and Bombadil these would be my 3 top suggestions: a Hilsen Homer, Ram, or Roadini. Personally I would give each of them the nod over a Sam because it is their designed role. If finances were a concern and you want only two bikes max, the Sam comes back into the equation but I do not sense that is the case.
Sincerely, Ryan Hankinson West Michigan (616)928-4226 -- 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.
