I just recently purchased an AHH (within the last year). It is certainly a lively bike (compared to my Long Haul Trucker) and likes to move along. I wanted to try it out as a go fast bike, but I have found that I love the general greatness of just riding it around. I am 48 and get much more enjoyment now out of biking somewhere than biking to get miles or time in. The AHH is perfect for going places. It takes fenders and racks. I have it set up with platforms so I can ride it in regular shoes.
If you are worried about weight and are still thinking of no fenders, no racks, clipped in, going fast, then go for the Rodeo. If you want a really useful bike that still has zip, go for the AHH. I was talking to a counterpart at work that I have ridden with for many years and he was explaining to me that he couldn't commute to work any longer because his route had some construction and his bike path had a gravel section. He was also worried about carrying his laptop and getting wet. I told him he needed a "useful" bike. That is what the AHH rocks. No better useful bike. Scott On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 8:38:33 PM UTC-6, Tim Butterfield wrote: > > I've been thinking of getting a Rivendell bicycle for a long time. I > first joined this group to lurk back in 2010 and have been a member and > sometimes lurker since then. But, I had not made the commitment and > purchased a Riv. The closest I came was getting a Velo-Orange Rando. That > was sort of rivish. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/timbutterfield/sets/72157624827193423 > > Being in the suburbs of Chicago near O'Hare airport limited my comfort > using it the way it should have been. That bike was sold before I left > Chicago to live full-time in an RV. Once we decided to settle in > Anacortes, WA (still in the RV), I purchased a Specialized AWOL Comp, > definitely not rivish. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/timbutterfield/sets/72157644371355428 > > It's a nice bike, but I now want something more rivish, this time, the > real thing. I'm thinking of getting either the Roadeo or the A Homer > Hilsen. I like the idea of the liveliness and sportiness of the Roadeo, > but like the bit of extra versatility of the AHH also. With my weight at > 200+ (PBH 33" or 83.8cm, age 51), I'm leaning towards the AHH instead of > the Roadeo. I can start more roadish with the AHH and, as I build my > abilities further, expand the bike to fit new and/or different tasks > without having to change frames. > > So, I'm fairly settled on getting my first Riv, one of the two mentioned. > My pondering now is mostly on how to appoint it. My Rando was more modern > with the 105 setup. The AWOL was definitely modern with discs and SRAM > setup. But, I'm not tied to that. Though I haven't used it much, I like > the looks of a quill stem, drop bars, and downtube shifters. It looks > clean and simple. I'm just not sure what it's like to live with. I expect > that, like many things, it is a matter of adapting to it. But, using DT > shifters or bar ends does set a direction as neither would work with an > 11-speed I could have instead. I'm trying to consider the pros and cons of > each. > > With my AWOL, I leave it locked to the cabana just outside my RV. Some > RVs have sufficient inside storage for a bike. Mine doesn't. > > My questions to the group are these: As I am not yet doing longer > distances, are there still benefits to the more traditional setups? If I > pick either one, what might I later miss the other may have provided? Are > there likely to be any weather related or other wear issues leaving a Riv > locked to the RV park cabana like I do my AWOL? I'm doubtful of that, but > don't want to mistreat it either. Any thing else I should consider? > > Thanks for any advice you have. > > Tim > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
