See what happens when you count your bikes!? I try to stay vague about it.
As others have said, the QB would be a fantastic no-thought commuter. You can install metal fenders if you have bolt-on Phil hub - or a bit janky but useful with SKS. Maybe that could do the commute work that the Yves Gomez would do. Sell the Jamis. Hillborne is boxed, easy to sell, big-time overlap with the Atlantis. Gone. As others have said, Bleriot and Romulus have some some overlap. But the Romulus could be skinny-tired (28mm) spartan road bike, while the Bleriot could be fancy-fendered, front rando bag, Lierre-clad distance rando machine. That Rawland is a useful bike! ;) Nice to have an absolute gravel grinder with no worry about terrain for when the conditions or mood calls for it. Bombing down Mt. Tam via RR Grade is fun on those Neo-Motos. So, in summary (and this is kinda fun - thanks for the catharsis, Ray): ATLANTIS: tour, ramble, town & country. Ride to Big Sur. BLERIOT: supple 650B rando-zeitgeist rig. Ride to Pt. Reyes Lighthouse, taking the dirt path through Samuel Taylor. ROMULUS: spartan road machine. Ride Seven Sisters/Alpine Dam QUICKBEAM: commuter/city/lock-up workhorse. Ride to the Mission. RAWLAND: Off-road adventure bike. Ride Hookooekoo trail. To be honest, I'd hang that YG in storage for a future high-class city bike. Esteban San Diego, Calif. > Here is what I have: > An Atlantis, fully rigged and used for long-distance touring; > occassionally pulling a BOB trailer. > A first generation Quickbeam, rigged for city commute. > An Yves Gomez, rigged for city commute. > A Bleriot, rigged for any kind of riding. > A Canti-Romulus, rigged for roading. > An un-built, new-in-the-box, Single TT Hillborne, Orange. > A Rawland Sogn mountain bike, 650B (Used primarily on fire roads) > A Jamis IGH commuter (my "beater" for city commute in rain) > > Here is how I see the garage after the reduction: > An Atlantis (Or, maybe the Sam) for loaded tours > An Yves Gomez for city commute > A Canti-Rom for "fast" rides > A Rawland Sogn for off-road -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/ZgcC2ESYe-EJ. 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.
