I live in a suburb of Seattle, am 6'3" w/ 93 PBH, and recently put a deposit on a 65 AHH.
I ride fenders year round on my transportation bike but my single speed is fenderless. Plenty of bikes in both categories around here. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of people who seasonally fender their bike. No shortage of leather saddles in and around Seattle. Just cover it or don't leave the bike in the rain. My gearing is 26/40 w/ 9-speed cassette on my transportation bike... I can go up any hill in seattle with both my toddler age kids in tow and whatever kid crap the outing calls for (maybe 100lbs of kids+crap). My single speed is 42 X 16 and I walk the worst of the hills. Welcome to the neighborhood! -- Smitty -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/nmybWldFQb4J. 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.