Thinking about it for a bit, the only drawback to the Cheviot is the lack of bottle cage mounts. The 55 has one. A second one could go on the down tube as on the Sam. Sure there is a reason for it being the way it is. Using a Pass and Stow porteur rack with a Freight Baggage rack bag so there plenty of room to carry additional liquids.
But it is a minus for riding without the rack and bag. On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Will <waller.will...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cheviot. Three reasons: > > 1) long chainstays give you great pannier clearance. > 2) the second set of seat stays = really strong rear triangle = great for > cargo trailers. > 3) mixte bikes are less attractive to thieves. > > On Thursday, September 18, 2014 2:57:43 PM UTC-5, DS wrote: >> >> While I patiently wait for a 54cm Quickbeam (ahem....anyone?) to show up >> for sale one place or another, I'm starting to think about a Sam or Cheviot >> for an all rounder/commuter/child seat carrier/grocery run/dyno light and >> fenders/all weather/occasional road ride/s240 bike. I have a Hunqapillar >> that fits that bill now, but I think long term I'll leave the Hunq as a >> dedicated mtn bike and fix up a Sam or Cheviot as my city bike. I also have >> another fast-ish road bike but that doesn't and won't have any racks or >> fenders or lights. Or as another option, wait on these new bikes (Clem >> Smith and mystery bike). >> >> So, for all you Rivsters, if you were to buy a bike like that today, >> would you go Sam or Cheviot (since those are the lower priced models, >> they're the only thing on the radar). Or if you already have one for that >> purpose, would you stick with it or buy the other? >> >> (Personally, I'm leaning towards the Cheviot as having a step through in >> conjunction with a stem mounted child seat makes getting on and off the >> bike easier. But in a few years that won't matter, and these bikes are a >> buy it for life, or a long time anyway). >> > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
