I've got a canti-Hillborne and would tend to agree with Will. It is the most comfortable bike I've ever owned and the shorter wheelbase makes it great all-arounder on the road-ish side. I thought I'd want to trade it in for an Appaloosa. However, the more I considered it, the more I thought the Hillborne does what I do, about 60% road and 40% trail. I view the Hilson the same way, as an all-arounder on the road-ish side. I see the Atlantis, Hunq and Appaloosa as being more all-arounder on the trail side. With the Hillborne, I can put on a sturdier wheelset with knobbies for trail but when I put on the lighter wheelset for road, I get a fun, lively ride. Now, if they could eek out a little more tire clearance (like the Appaloosa), that would be a huge winner in my book. Clems probably need to stay as "a gateway Riv". Plus, they're really fun.
John (who desperately wants a 650b Hunq) On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 6:48:47 PM UTC-7, Tim wrote: > > In Grants email that went out yesterday he said that they're going to be > discontinuing some models because there's not room to stock them all. > Soooooo.....this should be a fun exercise (and for many of us a little gut > wrenching). Let's decide which bikes to keep and which to wave a fond > farewell to, remembering, of course, that I'm sure you could always get any > of the models as a custom. Grant didn't say how many they'd be keeping so > on your response you can either: 1. Say how many different types of bikes > to stock, and which ones, or 2. Rank them in order, with #1 being the bike > they absolutely must stock. Here's my list: > > Atlantis > A. Homer Hilsen > Roadeo > Joe Appaloosa > Clem Smith Jr. > Clementine/Clem Smith Jr. L-Type > > My (probably flawed) reasoning: > Atlantis must always be there. It's the quintessential Riv. Hilsen is an > awesome "country bike". Roadeo fills the "go fast" category. Clem is the > one for rough stuff and Clementine takes care of the mixte/step-through, at > a very good price. And the Joe Appaloosa is, for lack of a better > description, the "poor man's Atlantis. > > Full disclosure: I currently have a Hilsen, Roadeo, Hunqapillar, and my > girlfriend has a Sam, with a tandem in the oven. > > -- 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.
