I don't have one, so can only speculate, but Sam Hillbornes are supposedly somewhere in between the Homer and the Atlantis on the stoutness scale. Now that they're offered with canti/V brake posts, they supposedly clear 48mm tires too. They also build up great as touring, trail, or road bikes.
I feel you on the featherweight thing. I'm between 5' 11" and 6 feet, at about 140 pounds or less. Most bikes my size these days are way sturdier than I need, even loaded. I wonder what people take with them touring. I've never brought more than 30 pounds, even in the mountains for 5 days. I guess cans of beer add up pretty quick! Both my bikes are standard diameter tubing. A 1983 Trek 520, with .09/.06/.09 Reynolds 501 tubing, and a 1987 Trek Antelope with Tange unbutted .09 tubing. They feel pretty right to me, and I like the look of skinny tubes too. Eamon Seattle -- 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.
