First, I'll say "ditto" to everything Drw said. I owned an 84 expedition before purchasing my current canti-sam with double top tube. I used the expedition as a commuter for a while before taking it on a tour from Edmonton to Missoula. It performed fine fully loaded, but I found it a little noodly on the climbs and squirrely on the descents. Not too bad, but noticeable. Also, I am by no means a Clyde at 6'0", 135lbs. My Sam is noticeably stiffer, and I much prefer how it rides with a load: stable, predictable, smooth.
On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 10:03:51 AM UTC-5, Drw wrote: > > I briefly had an 84 expedition and older Sam hillborne at the same time. > Not an AHH, but I believe Grant said there are no functional differences in > the two, especially when they were both sidepull. > Anyway. I thought the expedition and hillborne were really similar. > Hillborne was a 2 top tube model and felt marginally stiffer. I think the 2 > biggest things I remember are that it was easier to get the bars where I > wanted them on the Sam, and tire clearance was greatly increased. > On my expedition I could fit 36’s and much less with fenders. On the Sam, > I could get 50’s in with Paul racers. To me that made a big difference, > especially how comfortably it handled trails. > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d41d9548-4b69-4b6f-9a3a-5a24dad69127%40googlegroups.com.
