I haven't even begun to tap the potential of my Sam, and every time I think I need a "new" bike I realize I could achieve pretty much what I want with a wheel or cockpit change on the Sam. Of course, there are limits to how much wrenching one is willing to do, and I could certainly see preferring to have multiple bikes set up with different "personalities", ready to go, space and budget willing of course.
I guess I might need a "hardcore" mountain bike for really gnarly stuff and boulder-strewn dry riverbeds, but I don't do much of that anymore. And I'll need a step-through at some point in my life, as I can imagine old age will someday make lofting my leg over the very tall (for me, at least) Sam a problem. But I know I'll never race, or do a self-supported offroad tour across Mongolia. I have a beater commuter bike, that will probably some-day get Xtracycled. A couple weeks ago there was a thread listing the Riv bikes in order, from most "roady" to most "rough." The Sam was dead center of everyone's list. -Pete On Jan 10, 8:52 am, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > Guess that means I have never qualified, as have never been able to > pass another rider. > > Strangely enough, been finding more and more that my Rivendell is the > most limited (and limiting) bike. Maybe it's time to move on. > Somebody is probably going to get a good deal on a built up Sam > Hillborne soon. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Jan 10, 6:45 am, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > +1 > > > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Kelly Sleeper <tkslee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well this is the "Riv Owners Group" what better place to be snarky? > > > I say Snark on.. we aren't that thin skinned. > > > > Kelly -- 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.
