On Monday, September 12, 2011 11:45:52 AM UTC-5, William wrote: > Many here on this group think the 2tt is flat out ugly, stupid and > unnecessary. Others think it's beautiful and distinctive and smart. Still > more think it is a benign self-indulgence. Nobody, to my knowledge is > either selling a Rivendell to replace it with a 2TT model, nor is anyone > rushing to have a 2TT installed on their bike. The 2TT is causing some > potential buyers not to buy, and that's kind of a shame, but so it goes. > I basically agree with that. Ironically, though, it was only the initial introduction of the "under-tube" on the Hillborne that pushed me to pursue a Hillborne (or a Rivendell of any kind) when I did. Subsequent to my ordering one, it looked briefly like the under-tube was *not* going to be available soon. I did *not* cancel my order; precisely because I don't think the Hillborne "needs" an undertube in general. But if it's a benefit for anyone, it's a benefit for me (fat, upright, loaded daily... with gear, not beer). So I was very happy to see it made available again. And happy to take delivery of one. So happy, in fact, having ridden that one for thousands of miles since, that I'm now expecting to get a second one next year. Fortune favoring the foolish, it will not be *completely* identical as they have changed the color. But I did make a point to put one on lay-away that's just like my current one: double-top-tubed and canti-studded and proven reliable. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean
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