Bag the notion of a different bike. What you have is seriously nice. Instead... get another set of wheels: light wide rims and Compass tires.
Saving a pound on the frame is expensive. Saving a pound on the wheels is easy... On Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 9:31:15 AM UTC-6, DaveS wrote: > > Good morning everyone, curious about adding a second Rivendell. I > currently have a Bombadil, and would like something a little more sporty > for my daily fitness rides. I am larger than most, 6 3, 280 and am looking > at a Sam and an Appaloosa. I wont ride fast at this size, but get a good > 12-15 mile ride in every day. Clearly need wider than normal tires for > this, but something less than the 55 schwalbes that are on my Bombadil, > which is set up with MAP bars, basket/rack/etc for usefulness. My concern > is that the Appaloosa isn't that much different from what I have, and the > Sam is more "sporty" for a larger person. Appreciate the direction. > -- 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.
