William, Jason... Excellent information and useful photos. I sympathize with your missing your Hillborne, William. I can safely say I'm in no danger of trading to an Atlantis lest I miss mine. Every ride's a joy. And I'm sure your Atlantis will give you that and fatter tires to boot! On a daily basis I don't find truly fat tires compelling. I just recently moved from 40-622(700x38) to 35-622(700x35) and am very happy with the switch. They weren't different sizes of the same tire; so the fact that the 38s were super-cheap Kendas and the 35s are sorta-cheap Schwalbes (the RBW-sold Delta Cruisers) may be affecting my preference. But the new ones are definitely better to me; more stable, more easy to mount evenly (no tools!), quieter. And plenty cushy for my commute on rough-ish roads and smooth-ish trails. (All praise the Illinois Prairie Path!) But the blug shot of the truly fat-tired Hillborne was fascinating. I could immediately imagine a cushy ride I might appreciate on my odd 10s-of-miles weekend purely-trail ride where the trails are rougher than my normal haunts. Parts of the Prairie Path receive more maintenance than others. And riding style variety supports my enthusiasm for riding in general. (Thus, though my two bikes are identical Hillbornes, my six cockpits span the RBW aresenal of handlebars. All praise the daVinci Easy-Split!) I always liked the green/gold combination of the 1st gen Hillbornes, Jason. I certainly can't complain that I wasn't able to get one; I'm plenty happy with the orange and new green as well. And I'm a big beneficiary of the double-top-tube era (~250lbs).
I think a set of Dureme or Supreme 700x50 tires may be in my future. Thanks! 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/-/ua9rLLsYUg0J. 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.
