Own both. Built up a 52 cm Hillborne but it turned out to be too long in the top tube for my wife. Bought and built up a Bleriot and she's now quite happy. In the mean time I was able to ride the Hillborne a couple of times on my daily commute and took it for a 3 day dirt road camping tour this summer. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Now it looks like I inherited it, not that I need another bike.
Hillborne: Nice relaxed geometry, steady when turtling up steep inclines, braze-ons for cantis and front/rear racks. My example has some weird lump beneath the paint on the bottom bracket shell and there's evidence of sloppy brazing beneath the paint on the seat tube lug. Neither is likely to cause structural problems but still kind of irritating on a $1000 frame. Bleriot: Doesn't quite fit me (too small) but my wife looks "right" on it. Braze-ons for rear rack only. Nice neutral steering, same comfy feel from the 650B tires. I've heard of sloppy paint on some but I must've got lucky. Even though the Bleriot frame has a slightly rising top tube it looks more conventional compared to the Hillborne's top tube. On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Johnny Alien <johnnyal...@verizon.net>wrote: > > Anyone own and compare both. There are Bleriots left out there so is > it worth it to pay more for the Hilborne? > > I actually own a Bleriot but never was near a SH. I was curious if the > quality stayed the same, improved or declined. If someone had a > Bleriot is the SH just a very similar frame or different enough to > warrant a good look at for and additional Rivendell? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
