Ian I think the Hillborne is the ideal Rivendell rando frame.
I'm having a hard time thinking of anything that anybody would want or expect out of a randonneuse that the Hillborne does not deliver. Some people like to do brevets on ultra light carbon road bikes, and perhaps those people would gripe that a light Hillborne build is like 23 lbs instead of 17, but that's definitely not me. For a long distance road bike, 622x38s are ideal. Wider than that on 622 rims is cool for bumpabout riding, or dirt, but not paved brevets. Narrower doesn't get you anything, either, so a bike with clearance for 622x38s plus fenders is perfect, for me. You want something reliable, comfortable, stable, and efficient. The Hillborne is all those things. You want attachment points for necessary rack and fenders. Having something that is well made and beautiful to look at is a bonus. If we were to take up a collection and rounded up $3500, and you all insisted that I buy a custom Rivendell identical to my Hillborne but a pound and a half lighter, I'd happily do it, but $3500 to save the weight of half a bottle of water is a dear price. That pound and a half would save me, what, a minute or two per 100 miles? Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 6:17:02 PM UTC-7, Ian A wrote: > > Congratulations on surpassing your distance goal. I am curious to know > what it is about the Hillborne that makes it suitable for the SR series? Is > it mostly a matter of it fitting most comfortably? I've heard so many good > things about the Hillborne, but never really as a randonneur. > > IanA (who also likes being 155lb, but is carrying an extra 20lb right > now). > -- 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.
