Thanks for the replies; they are strengthening my resolve. My completely illogical resolve. I promised myself that I was done buying bikes after I built my Roadeo last December (2009 was a profound year for bikes for me). I have everything I need (I don't have a cross bike, actually), and my apartment is overrun by bikes! Alas, the creeping desires have crept. The thought of a lighter, plusher daily bike, and all those fringe benefits of another 650B (at what would seem to be a great price for what it is) - a backup rando, a travel bike, etc. Then I remembered that I like my LHT a lot! But it is heavy, and I do carry it up & down my stairs every day. Not to mention the LHT is rather more replaceable than a Bleriot, [insert- diety] forbid!
Then again, I really like the feel of my 650B AHH. I would very much prefer to ride something that felt like that here in the city every day. And why not do so, right? Life is for the living of it, and mine has significant 2-wheeled co-existence... may as well fully enjoy it! This daily Bleriot will see some real action! Chicago streets, Chicago winter, not-concrete/asphalt road surfaces, the occasional trailer, whatever dancing a bunch of bikes get into when they're crammed onto bike racks. The Surly takes it all in stride, so I'd want the Bleriot to do the same. I won't abuse it, but I will use it! Now I just have to find it (the impending agony of ebay, blech). Having said that, is anyone on the fence about their personal 59cm Bleriot? Thanks for indulging me.... On May 10, 7:43 am, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Terry -- I agree with Steve. Coincidentally, I just purchased my first 650B > bicycle from another list member about a month ago -- a 59cm Bleriot! I also > own and have toured on an Atlantis fully loaded front to rear. There isn't > anything I've ever done on the Atlantis, that I would not have complete > confidence doing on the Bleriot. It's a great riding, typically great > fitting Rivendell, and the 650B is becoming quite endearing… > > Ray > > ________________________________ > From: Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Sent: Mon, May 10, 2010 4:39:33 AM > Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Maybe WTB: 59 Bleriot? > > On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 22:02 -0700, terryg wrote: > > My ebay "saved search" brought the 59cm Bleriot mentioned above to my > > attention, and my gears are turning. Could I really seriously > > consider a functional migration from my LHT to a Bleriot? > > Sure, why not? I think perhaps a LHT might be better at handling 50 lb > worth of luggage than a Bleriot, but anything short of that the Bleriot > would be at least as good, often better. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
