FWIW, I'm 280+, and ride my AHH periodically with well loaded large saddle sack and front slickersack, and it hasn't yet felt like the bike wasn't up to it. Might be the glory of the second top tube.
Jim in Boulder On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:19:38 PM UTC-6, Peter M wrote: > > Could not believe how succesful Jinx was at doing his swap so I was > wondering if anyone out there with a 52cm Bombadil would ever consider > a swap for a 54 Hilsen. They have about the same standover but the > Hilsen has a shorter top tube but the real issue is my wife is stating > that my Rivendell must become a bike built for two with my daughter > sharing the bike since it was so "expensive". With me being about 240 > and my daughter at 35lbs I feel we are going to max out the weight on > the Hilsen pretty fast and was looking to haul picnics and other stuff > with us. I was thinking the Bombadil would be a good fit to bring over > my 650b stuff without spending too much extra. I was looking for one > of the older Bomba's, not too much of a fan of the new style of > diagatube. I really love the color of my hilsen and I am sure Joe will > balk at me since I just picked this up from him a couple of months ago > but just throwing out a feeler here, anyone with any interesting > offers I am always open to talk. Here is a link to my pics > http://www.flickr.com/photos/67889635@N06/ -- 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/-/YeClpLIBOQQJ. 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.
