Christopher that is a good question. I am trying to keep costs down and I have a bike that I can transfer over 95% of the parts which includes a great set of wheels.
As for carrying anything, I use a porteur rack with a Wald basket plus if I need extra carrying power I use my Burley Travoy trailer. No rear racks or saddle sacks for me.They may be great for others, I personally don't like it. I bought a Betty Foy for my wife and she loves her 650's with Hetres and I can easily just buy a Sam Hilborne to keep costs down but there is something so much nicer about the Hilsen. I have a hard time with the sloping top tube with the Sam. This bike as I have mentioned in other posts, is going to be a picnic bike and nothing more. My wife and I like to ride our bikes to some waterfront and bring some camping chairs and eat the Bento boxes that she has prepared for the day (She is Japanese and a great cook, me on the other hand would just order KFC and call it a day). As I said if this doesn't pan out, I will come up with another plan but thanks for the question. It does help me rethink some of what my wants vs my needs vs the availability of what I think I want. On Thursday, August 29, 2013 6:07:53 PM UTC-4, Christopher Chen wrote: > > Any reason why you want 700c on a "smaller" frame? > > I have a 700c 57 Hilsen and there's barely enough clearance for a large > saddlesack + R14 rack. > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 2:54 PM, blakcloud <blakc...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> William that is not what it states on the Riv site. >> >> 47-50-52-54-56-58 are for 650B wheels. >> >> 57-59-61-63-65-67-69-71 are for 700c wheels. >> >> >> Plus if I wanted new frame, I would have not posted here looking for a >> used one. A new one for me, is $2300 plus 75.00 shipping to an American >> address, plus Canadian tax which is 13%, when I bring it back over the >> border, which is kissing $2700 American dollars. With the currency >> conversion right at this moment, it would be $2845.Used will still be >> cheaper even with the other costs being constant. >> >> Dan, I should have bought your frame when I first saw it in the spring. >> At the time I was going to go the 650 route so I discounted it as a >> possible bike. Now I am kicking myself. >> >> I am in no rush. If one comes up, then great. If it doesn't there are >> plenty of other options open up to me. >> >> >> >> On Thursday, August 29, 2013 4:53:54 PM UTC-4, William wrote: >>> >>> There must've been more than a half-dozen 700c 55s made, since it is a >>> size you can order right now at the same price as any other size. >>> >>> On Thursday, August 29, 2013 1:07:36 PM UTC-7, Dan wrote: >>>> >>>> FYI the two for sale may have been the same bike. I bought one the list >>>> a few years ago and then sold it on the list this spring. I think there >>>> were only a half a dozen or so 55cm AHHs made. >>>> >>>> Dan Abelson >>>> On Aug 29, 2013 2:22 PM, "blakcloud" <blakc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I know this bike is rare but there were one or two for sale on this >>>>> board in the last few years. A. Homer Hilsen 55 cm with 700c wheel size. >>>>> Looking for frame and fork since I have almost everything else. >>>>> >>>>> Not interested in the 650b version yet, though it may come to this. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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-bun...@**googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/rbw-owners-bunch<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch> >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > "I want the kind of six pack you can't drink." -- Micah > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
