I use a Rivendell Road Standard as my touring bike. Its frame similar to a Rambouillet (its successor). I'm 225 lbs and I've carried ~30 lbs, without it feeling whippy or loose. No problems, but it is definitely happiest with that load in front low-rider panniers.
Based on your desired usage, an AHH sounds like a good choice. Capable of touring, but excellent at everything else. Cheers, Tim Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 5, 2016, at 7:44 PM, Hunter Ellis <hunterfryel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey guys--looking at a future dream bike, and since I'm dreaming, I might as > well dream. > > I want a Rivendell bike that I can use for touring, don't want to pay for a > full custom job, and I want center-pull braze-ons (I am flexible in > real-life, but since this is a dream...indulge me) > > Riv can affordably add Centerpull mounts to the AHH, but that's it. Great! > Problem solved. But...Riv says the AHH isn't suitable for "self supported > long tours." Does anyone know why? I want a bike that I could, someday, ride > across the country, or put a baby in a seat on the back, or something like > that. I want to carry 30-40 pounds, not 40-60. I weigh 180. > > Has anyone toured with their AHH, or know what its capable of carrying, or > know why Riv has relatively stringent limits on its carrying capacity? > > > Thanks, > Hunter "wants to be a iRBW Owners' Bunch member but is really only an iBob > member" Ellis > -- > 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. -- 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.
