Pat, I'll echo what others say and not worry about the idea of 'is it a rivendell' they all have the characteristics that are key to the rivendell ethos, so if you buy in to those ideas then you'll be happy with all of them. The two you are looking at are different types of bikes with different uses, IMHO:
San Marcos: fast'ish road bike, light touring, decent tire-clearance but not extreme (esp w/ fenders) Hillborne: suitable for touring, not quite as snappy, large tire clearance makes for a decent trail bike even with fenders If you want a more flexibile all-arounder i'd think the Hillborne makes more sense since you can load it up with big tires and racks or put on skinny tires and built it up light-ish. but if you have no desire to carry panniers or do loaded touring the san marcos would be fine -- 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.
