I have two nearly identical Hillbornes (2010 and 2012). For me, the advantages are
1. redundancy - in case I want to tinker with one, the other remains rideable without any compromise in enjoyment 2. winter readiness - when appropriate, one Hillborne has studded tires all the time (Chicago area) Interestingly, I don't think these two are the start of an N+1 lifestyle. Sure, I dream of having at least one of every kind of bike that ever appealed to me (a single speed, a mixte, an internal gear bike, a "bombproof" bike, a "fast" bike, etc.). But that's not driving bike-buying choices (yet?). I have however recently purchased a Bike Friday, because I've wanted a folding bike even before I had the first Hillborne. They represent personal mobility in a way that full-size bikes do not. Trust me, it's about as similar to my Hillbornes as a 20"-wheeled bike can be (very high albatross bars, seatpost with generous setback to "correct" for the "steep" 73-degree seat tube, dyno lighting, bar-ends on thumbies, grip king pedals, silver everywhere I could put it, and bags and a seat cover by The Fabulous RandiJo herself). Now that I've taken care of the home front and the travel front, I think I'm done buying new bikes until my ship comes in or I need a trike. Oh wait... I left "trike" off of the "appealing bikes" list above. Note that "recumbent" is not on that list... just never wanted one. If/when that ship comes in, one of the earlier uses of my new-found wealth will be a physical trip to RBW, where I will order one or two each of the Cheviot, Roadeo, ThenCurrentQuickSimple, AHH, and Bombadil. And a custom, of course. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 3:51:15 PM UTC-5, Liesl wrote: > Between my partner and I, there are 5 Rivs in our basement. Wonderful and > a titch embarrassing all at the same time. (in order of joining the > household: 50cm saluki, 51cm protobleriot, 58cm quickbeam, 46 custom > appaloosa, 60cm cheviot) > > This past week, a friend visited from San Francisco. Given our > unseasonably warm weather and basement full of options, we suggested riding > bikes to a restaurant for dinner. It was a nice surprise and a lovely > ride! He took the dyno-hubbed Cheviot down the Minneapolis Greenway with > us and was smiling like a kid the whole time. It was fantastic to be able > to have Rivs in a few different styles and sizes and be able to offer one > to a guest. It made the evening memorable. > > What's your favorite advantage? > > > > > -- 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.
