Dave Small stated that he does not consider the Hillborne and the Hilsen functionally equivalent.
I respect that opinion but I respectfully disagree with it, as it applies to myself. I owned them both, both at the same time. I considered them functionally equivalent, so I sold the "expensive" one and kept the "inexpensive" one. The inexpensive one (Hillborne) happened to have more natural versatility because it has cantilever brakes, and greater resulting clearances. It is definitely possible that I don't have the sensitivity to detect the differences that others may detect. The geometry is virtually identical so that contribution to "ride" should be identical. I definitely did not possess the sensitivity to detect "planing" differences between my Hilsen and my Hillborne. I rode the Hilsen a lot more than I rode the Hillborne, because, of course, it was the 'nicer' bike. I detected no difference in the ride quality between the two. Others more sensitive than me or who ride a lot more than me might detect something. The Hilsen is certainly no worse than the Hillborne. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 9:17:32 AM UTC-8, Dave Small wrote: > > I don't consider these substitutable. I mean, yeah, you can substitute a > Sam for a Homer, but they ride differently. If I wanted a Hilsen, I'd get > a Hilsen. I wouldn't recommend getting a Sam thinking it's a Hilsen. > > On Monday, February 26, 2018 at 3:17:33 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> If I was in the market for a used 59cm Hilsen, I would give serious >> consideration to a NEW 55cm canti-Hillborne. >>> >>> Thanks!! >>> >> -- 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.
