Oh, I agree it does need a purpose. For me, they are (1) basic redundancy (Hillborne slightly better than Hunqapillar) (2) winter readiness (2-3 months out of the year, one bike will wear studded tires all the time; doesn't matter which I choose, really) (3) variety (Hunqapillar better than Hillborne)
Variety is definitely one of my purposes. And believe me I've tapped the variety on the cockpits quite a bit. But even a second Hillborne helps there; it means it's very likely an ad hoc arbitrary decision to choose one of two cockpits. That's better than having to swap them out, even if it does only take 5-10 minutes to do so. So the choice depends on the (sorta kinda precise) desired mixture of the purposes. They're in order above. The Hillborne is only slightly more redundant that the Hunqapillar (fenders and tires would likely be different, maybe normal gearing?), but redundancy in general is way more important than variety. The choice isn't one vs two bikes... it's Hillborne #2 versus Hunqapillar. Not much beautiful bag money at stake, unfortunately. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On May 24, 2:11 pm, Brett Lindenbach <[email protected]> wrote: > i still contend that the bike you choose needs to have a purpose. perhaps > variety* is* that purpose. the hunq (i would go for the bomba) would give > you a very different ride. i don't quite see the logic in getting a second > hillborne just to have another hillborne. if cockpit swapping is trivial > for you, then you already have a lot of untapped variety. > an alternative would be to simply save your money and just *love your > current bike all the more.* maybe buy it a nice beautiful bag. btw, i also > wasn't a fan of the grid grey but then i came around, and now i love it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
