You could build the Sam with Albatross bars and it would serve your needs perfectly as a graveler and bike path cruiser. You could also do that 100 mile ride with Albatross bars if you wanted. That said I do understand the desire for drops. I have those on my Sam. I've also had Billie bars and Albatross as well. All were great but different. Swapping bars is not that difficult but there is an expense. You'll need a different stem, levers, grips. While doable to swap it wouldn't be practical to swap back in forth.
If you wanted to add a second bike either a Appaloosa or an Atlantis with upright bars would be a great choice. These bikes are different enough from the Sam to justify the additional bike in your stable. On Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 2:23:08 AM UTC-4 Michael wrote: > Looking for a single bike for casual rides on bike paths/paved/gravel/dirt > roads with the occasional 100 mile ride thrown in. Will suggest the Sam > Hillborne, which I'm leaning towards. I assumed I would build it with drops > for the long rides but I recently fell in love with albatross bars for > upright lazy bike path rides. > Is there a way to quickly/easily swap handlebars or are two bikes > inevitable? > Would a Sam with drops and an appaloosa or atlantis w/ albatross be a good > combo or is that too much overlap? > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b6c24004-8953-46e3-8912-57203cd11f6fn%40googlegroups.com.
