You've had/have nice bikes. Kind of the route I've taken in the last year - I had a Velo Orange Campeur, then (and still) a Surly Straggler. I found that I was using the Campeur for around-town, and the Straggler was going to be my fast, longer riding bike. I got a pro fit on the Straggler and then sold the Campeur.
My takeaway was: Quill setups, as pretty and stiff as they are, are hard to fit - it's a bit more involved to change out bars, quill stems than a threadless system. Brakes on the Campeur are terrible in comparison to the Straggler's discs. If you find the fit on the AHH off, you may find yourself a bit annoyed changing the bars and stem, especially if you've spent some time wrapping Newbaum's and shellac...Ask my how I know. As to wear issues or weather, I wouldn't want to leave an AHH outside for long for many reasons...One of the reasons I sold my Hillborne was because I was commuting to work and it was too pretty to lock up, and bringing it in was annoying - theft isn't a huge problem here but still the bike got a lot of notice.. I was missing the Campeur a little bit, and recently bought a Rawland as the price was good and it was local (this bike is now my town commuter). -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
