Both bikes - Hilsen and Roadeo - would be great light-load road bikes. I say pick your favorite color and wheel size, and enjoy. Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA.
On Friday, July 27, 2012 3:50:43 PM UTC-7, Peter Pesce wrote: > Interesting timing on this discussion. I got a Quickbeam a few months back > to use as a commuting / town bike. I had my Sam set up for quicker road > riding, and an LHT for heavy hauling. > After a few weeks I realized I had them at cross purposes. The LHT is now > the commuter and hauler. The Big Apples are perfect for nasty drainage > grates, etc and it can carry anything. The QB was not happy in this > environment. I decided to make it my fast road bike, despite its > de-railleured state. I've been riding it stripped down with Noodles and > light 28mm tires and absolutely loving it. > Just today I finished remaking the Sam into a proper country bike. It got > alba bars, classic Riv drivetrain, racks, and shiny aluminum fenders. It > is much happier in this mode than it had been trying to pose as a road > racer. The world feels more settled now, though I'm sure my urge to fiddle > will well up again soon! > Sometimes it takes a while to understand what a bike wants to be. > > Pete in CT > -- 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/-/U8xnHO4jwdIJ. 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.
