The decision needs to take into account how much loaded touring or offroad riding you would like to do on the bike. If you're not sure and want a bike that can do anything, get the Atlantis if the $2300 price for Frame/Fork isn't too steep. That bike in your size should have 1 top tube.
The Hillborne would be a slightly more economical form of the something similar, a bit less tire clearance, extra TT that you don't want, frame designed around fewer sizes so maybe not as glove-like in fit, but $1000 less. I myself was not a double top-tube fan, but now that I've been riding a bike with one, it seems totally normal. -Jim W. On Feb 14, 2013, at 2:19 PM, marktain...@gmail.com wrote: > New member to the group here. Just retired last spring after teaching for 38 > yrs and am thinking that I deserve a new bike to ride during my retirement. > Seeing Keven's proto-Appaloosa on the Riv website, I noticed the quote that > the Appaloosa was a "bike to grow old with". Since the Appaloosa isn't yet > available, any recommendations for which other Riv would be a "bike to grow > old with". (My kids already think I'm old, but nevermind!) I like the price > of the Sam, but can't get used to the double top tube. Last time I checked, > my PBH was 86.5 cm. > Thoughts? Anyone have a Riv for sale that could work for me? > Thanks, > Mark Taintor > Chanhassen, MN > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net - 700x33 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
