How 'bout a Y. Gomez for the city bike, and using the Sam for the country bike?
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:02 AM, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net>wrote: > on 2/13/11 7:41 AM, JimP at thefamil...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I have a Sam Hillborne which I love, I ordered it with a 56 cm frame > > and, as it turns out, I should have ordered the 54. Even so, it rides > > like a dream. I have a farm located about 200 miles from home. It is > > difficult to carry the bike back and forth without taking two cars so, > > ahem... I have an excuse to buy another Rivendell. :^) > > To be honest I really want an A. Homer Hilson but I do realize it is > > very similar (functionally identical) to the Hillborne. That's OK as > > the two bikes will be at different locations but I should at least > > give thought to another type Rivendell, maybe an Atlantis, a Rodeo, > > Ramboulet or... What do you think? > > > > I am 60 yo and have really just gotten into cycling. At home I ride > > around the city just absorbing the beauty of being outdoors in a > > wonderful old city. I take a camera sometimes and like photographing > > some of the beauty (including bike) around me. But, mostly I just > > enjoy the ride. I usually ride for about 40 minutes to an hour and > > head back home. At the Farm I have access to about 3000 acres of > > pastures and hardwood forests with horse trails and, no trails at all. > > I want to explore this area with my bike again, just enjoying the > > scenery and being outside alone with nature. > > > > Any thoughts? > > I could see a series of S24O's with essays about the various parts of that > tract. Kind of a Walden by bike. > > That would suggest a back country setup, maybe "back country lite". > Gernot's suggestion of larger tires is certainly salient - Atlantis and > Bombadil both come to mind. By the same token, there's really none of the > Rivendell bike models which couldn't be set up for that - just tradeoffs > for > the type of terrain they prefer - a knobbied Atlantis might be a touch more > plodding on the long, flat, straight, smooth bits, but would be ideal for > twisty trails and rocky, exposed bits. Personally, I enjoy getting the > "road bike out _here_?" looks/comments when crossing paths with devotees of > the springy bikes brigade, and I like the challenge of thinner tires over > more difficult terrain. > > - J > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > Workshops of the iBob's > > Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines > > > "My nighttime attitude is anyone can run you down and get away with it. > That's why I don't even own a bike light or one of those godawful > reflective > suits. Because if you've put yourself in a position where someone has to > see you in order for you to be safe...you've already blown it." > -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac" > > -- > 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-bunch@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. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- 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-bunch@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.
