i am hoping all the folks here in the city think im riding on a cheap bike. i would get three tubes if i could, just to make up for all of you that can't see the beauty of the undertube.
On Jun 6, 8:28 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > Have an early single tube 56cm Hillborne, weigh 225 and find it is > just fine as it is. > > Confession - was going to sell this bike a little while ago. Even had > it at the LBS. Then saw the e-mail about double top tube 56 models > and that helped me change my mind. The bike is staying with me. For > now. > > Nothing against the double top tubes. Actually like the look on the > larger bikes. But they do prevent the use of a Revelate Tangle or > similar frame bag. Not that many folks will be using those on a > Rivendell, but like having the option. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Jun 6, 7:00 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 19:55 -0400, William Pustow wrote: > > > > ....and you are right. It's a personal choice. When I see them, I see > > > a cheap Asian bike that's meant to handle an additional 150 pounds of > > > sugar cain or chickens, or whatever. For the posters weighing 200++ > > > pounds, it's probably a good choice. > > > At 200+ pounds I do very nicely on an 8/5/8 standard diameter tubing > > frame with but a single top tube. Now maybe for a 300 pound load, or > > for someone who rides "heavy" or thrashes around a lot, they might be an > > answer to a prayer. I can't imagine ever wanting one myself. > > -- 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-bunch@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.
