I absolutely love the AHH but can +1 the Hillborne. It’s a great blend of solid and lively. I bought mine to upgrade from a Cross Check that I had tried to make into a budget Riv. The CC was a good, fun and very solid bike that took 42 Schwalbes with room to spare. I always had a few issues with the Cross Check, though. One, it was both heavy and stiff. Even though the CC was supposed to be livelier than the LHT, I wouldn’t call it lively. Second, the geometry kept me from getting the bars above the saddle. I even bought an uncut fork to raise them which made for an awkward looking stack. The last big problem was toe overlap (toverlap?). Probably won’t be a problem with the LHT. Ultimately, by the time I replaced the CC with the Hillborne, I’d spent just as much money creating my “budget Riv” as I would have just buying the Sam initially. And, the Hillborne has been a better fit and a much more fun, lively road bike, fire trail bike (different wheelset) and commuter that carries 20#+ without a complaint.
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