Personally, I like my bikes versatile, and I'd rather have two versatile bikes that are "too similar" then two different bikes that are limited in their versatility but occupy different niches. Make them different through different set-ups. In what way do you think a 700c Romulus would serve you better than a Bomba "for longer rides where I am carrying my panniers to go camping, but only on groomed mixed terrain, dirt roads etc."?
Do you think it would be faster/more responsive? Do you just want it to feel more different? How are your Bleriot and Bomba set up now, and what are you thinking of putting on the Bomba to distinguish them? I have a 20 year old Fisher Sphinx "monstercross" which is a great all- rounder in design if not in execution (kinda low end). I complemented this with a racey Indy Fab Planet X for fast club rides and single- tracking, leaving the Sphinx fendered and racked for commuting. But the IF didn't quite fit 42mm knobbies, and I had to zip-tie fenders on when I was mostly riding it on the road but in wet weather. So I replaced it with a Hillborne, which is much more like the Fisher, but also a much better bike (for me) for that reason: takes 42mm knobbies, racks, fenders, doesn't quite motivate me to hammer the way the IF does, but these days I consider that an advantage. Of course a cyclocross racer is a different animal from say an AHH, but I prefer my Sam over an AHH because of the tire clearance. Even though my Sphinx can fit much bigger tires, the Sam is currently set up as the mixed terrain bike with knobbies, and the Sphinx as the grocery hauler with Jack Browns and fenders, mostly because I want to ride shiny Sam on my long fun mixed-terrain rides. Cheers, Gernot On Feb 12, 7:54 am, newenglandbike <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 11, 7:33 pm, rcnute <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If I had a Bombadil I'd keep it! > > > Ryan > > I'd keep it too, especially if you may regret it if you let it go. > Even though there may be a lot of overlap, functionally, between the > two bikes the way you currently have them set up, you can always > change that. I suppose that's what makes them so good in my book. > they are remarkably versatile. -- 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.
