I'm fairly certain I bought my Sam because the test bike was shod with Hetres. It's my first Riv. I'd taken a few test rides on other bikes, and my then-current bike had Duremes, and the Sam felt completely different. Nimble, but laughably smooth going over cobble and rough macadam. The difference was night and day. I immediately placed my order for the Sam and have put many thousands of miles on Hetres since, with very few flats. I'd guesstimate I get between two and three thousand miles a tire, depending on front and rear. The Hetres only come off for some Nokians in the Winter. The Nokians in comparison are dead, heavy, and jarring, but bite like crazy on the ice.
I just bought my wife one of the last available Betty Foys, and her reaction was the same--big wide grin, commenting that the ride was so, so nice. Props to the lovely bike, but best money spent is on the tires. I'm new to biking, but have spent many years ski racing. Both sports are badly afflicted with gear junkies. And if you were to ask me where to spend your money on ski gear, I'd say boots, pay whatever it takes on boots; everything else flows from there and is secondary. Kind of feel the same about my Hetres. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
