That terrain sounds ideal and beautiful. I agree with the CycloFiend. Any Rivendell model would give great satisfaction, and be huge fun.
My first choice from your description was (of course) "Quickbeam!" If you'd be pushing up the steepies anyway... If you like gears, the A. Homer Hilsen or Sam Hillborne with ~35mm tires. That's the riding they're made for! My choice would probably be a Sam Hillborne, because I like the up-rising top tube, and the price point would save some ducats for fancy wheels and sealed bearings. If you like speed over rough ground, edge to the burlier end of the spectrum with a mountain bike: the Bombadil or Hunqapillar. Bombing down gravel roads is a blast. If you like speed over smooth ground and finesse in the rough, get a Roadeo. Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Dec 8, 8:26 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 12/7/10 1:31 PM, JimP at thefamil...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Which Rivendell bike would you choose for the following: > > > Approx 3500 acres of Hardwoods and pastures,very hilly with ridges and > > bottoms. Surrounded by asphalt gravel and dirt roads. Horse trails. > > Dowhhill to the bottoms from normal starting point. Long uphill treck > > (~ 1 mile) through pastures back. Dirt road travels to the bottoms so > > you can cross a shallow (~ 1 foot +/-) creek and pedal uphill on the > > dirt road then to asphalt the long way around (4-5 miles) back. A few > > steep hills from the bottoms to the tops of ridges (I would probably > > have to walk the bike up these but going downhill would be fun). > > > Thoughts? Recommendations? > > I think any of them... ;^) > > If I wanted to go fast and light, a Roadeo. Bring a bit o' stuff and maybe > engage in a S24O, the Hilson or Hillborne. Camp out for a couple of days, > Atlantis or Hunquapillar. Enjoy freedom from shifting, the Quickbeam or > SimpLeone. Stay out until my facial hair makes me look like a Wookie, The > Bombadil. > > Versatile darned designs, these Rivendells... > > - Jim > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > "Then I sat up, wiped the water out of my eyes, and looked at my bike, and > just like that I knew it was dead" > > -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
