Knowing what your routes are like Dan, I think the Hillborne would be killer! I've never ridden a Roadini but having also come from a few low trail 650b rando bike before getting the Hillborne, I don't feel like it's objectively slower feeling. I hugely prefer the feel of 650 over 700 once the tires are 38mm and up too, i'm a little taller but not much. Less toe overlap is nice.
On Saturday, 7 December 2024 at 18:32:09 UTC-8 dane...@gmail.com wrote: > Hey > > So I've been enjoying my Roadini and taking it on everything from paved > roads/dirt roads to some chunky stuff. I'm 5 foot 7 with short legs, 670 > ish saddle height with 155 cranks. > The Roadini is a size 50 which has a 55 ETT. I'm running a 70mm stem with > short reach drops. I'm a little on the edge of sizing with the bike. > Also, every time I throw the 32mm tires back on after riding 44s for a > while, I prefer the handling and am thinking about a switch to a similar > 650b bike so I can get the sameish wheel diameter size with a 42/48 to > maintain that feeling with a wider tire. I've had a few 650b bikes but > they were all low trail, which I decided I don't really like after all. > The 48cm Sam is 650b and I'm wondering if I'll be giving up any of the more > road-ish feel of the bike with the same build but in 650b form on the Sam? > Seems the Sam would be a little more versatile and have better braking > options, but a degree slacker STA and the HTA down to 71 from 72 on he 650b > Homer. Wheelbase is about 10mm longer on the Homer. Anybody have any > experience here? The other possibility for me is possibly getting a custom > bike made, but we're talking double the price so I'm curious if maybe I > could make the Sam work. > > Thanks > -Dan > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6c5d1112-0c3c-40c7-9865-17ae2a54215dn%40googlegroups.com.
