Well, I decided. First, I should address the "why" more clearly. Primarily, sheet redundancy. Secondarily (a close second), the ability to keep one bike shod with studded tires through the winter. Thirdly (distant third), have two different "arrangements" available at any one time, for those unexpected riding opportunities and quirky ad hoc preferences. That is, sometimes you just wanna ride Bullmoose, no matter what you've got set up or what you'll need the next day! This would at least enable that.
Now, honestly... either the Hunqapillar or the Hillborne would provide sufficient redundancy. The fact that the Hillborne is a pure duplicate doesn't really matter with respect to redundancy. And I could put studded tires and any of my cockpits and racks and baskets and bags on either bike; so reasons two and three were also satisfied by either Hill or Hunqapillar. But... the Hunqapillar's sizing just would not work. The 58 would pose issues for getting the bars as high ad I like them. The 62 would be a challenge to straddle comfortably, which I do often as a commuter waiting for lights and what-not and when riding with my family. So another 60cm canti-studded double-top-tube Hillborne is on lay-away for delivery early next year. Green, this time. The recent July e-mail update picture is a very flattering depiction of that green. If it looks like that in person, I'll be thrilled. Thanks for the info and opinions and questions; they all helge me think this through. I already know exactly how I'll build it. I'll do some side-by-side photos when it's all set. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean -- 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/-/3OYDxqc6DpwJ. 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.
