Have you ridden the long chainstays? If you have, and you like them, there's a point for the Appaloosa. Sure the Appaloosa can probably carry more, but do you need to? The *NEW* Appaloosa is definitely better for upright bars (I had both a 2019 Appaloosa and Hillborne, which were very similar geometrically). The tire clearance and fenderage is definitely a big plus for the Appaloosa as well. I have since sold both older bikes and I have a new Appaloosa and Roadini. I went with a new Appaloosa for all the reasons you listed. Honestly I don't know what I would do if I could only pick one bike. I guess I would pick an Appaloosa! But Bill is right, you need both. Have you considered purchasing some bikes for your partner? That's what I did. Now if my wife gets on my case I just point out that *SHE* doesn't need four bikes and to stop counting mine!
Good Luck! Bones On Monday, June 28, 2021 at 9:48:13 PM UTC-4 brendonoid wrote: > The trick is to only sell a bike after you haven't ridden it for five > years. *looks at shed full of bikes*. Works perfectly. > > Honestly though I have both and the last 3 years the 2 Appaloosa's (one > crashed then replaced) have been ridden a lot more than the hillbourne. But > that is my preferences, my type of riding, my local terrain, my bike > setups, climate etc etc etc. > On Tuesday, 29 June 2021 at 06:53:33 UTC+8 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> It's a sellers market right now, which may not be helpful on the >> Appaloosa end for you but you'll definitely get decent money for your >> Hillborne. I've only ridden the Appa (it's great) so can't compare, but I >> say get the model and color you really want. >> >> Joe "always keep the custom, anything else can come and go on a moment's >> notice" Bernard >> >> On Monday, June 28, 2021 at 2:30:58 PM UTC-7 Damien wrote: >> >>> So here's the situation. I've got a super hot lead on an orange 51 >>> Appaloosa, but I'm already deep in it with a sage 51 canti Sam. Initially, >>> when I was looking at these bikes, I was torn between the two. I ultimately >>> leaned Sam because at the time I liked the colour and it was more >>> available. Well, things change I guess! I'm more seriously entertaining a >>> move to the Appaloosa because: >>> >>> - Sweet long chainstays >>> - Can carry more (?? Is this true??) >>> - Will likely work better for me with upright bars (Sam felt too >>> cramped for me with Albas) >>> - Better tire clearance for fattish knubblies or fatter tires + >>> fenderage >>> >>> What I would love to do here is tap the forum's collective wisdom to see >>> if the grass is really greener. Has anyone made the move from Sam to >>> Appaloosa, or vice versa? What were your feelings? What did you miss on the >>> old bike when you made the move? What did you love about the new bike that >>> the old bike couldn't live up to? >>> >>> I'm approaching this a bit more cautiously since I already regret >>> selling another Riv I owned (Roadini - my regret is well documented, I >>> believe). That said, I imagine I'll need to act fast to get the bike before >>> someone snags it. In a perfect world I'd keep both, but we all know the >>> world isn't perfect, and I do have to live within the very real constraints >>> imposed upon me by my lovely partner who for some reason isn't cool with me >>> having umpteen bikes. >>> >>> Anyways, enough of my incessant rambling. Thank you for reading and >>> helping to encourage my hobby of buying bikes then selling then replacing >>> then modifying then selling then replacing then buying then crying then >>> selling then complaining then... (and so on and so forth). >>> >> -- 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/7d1ca4cb-d484-4caf-ba53-e8d92dee5e0fn%40googlegroups.com.
