I would go with a Roadeo frame and move the parts from the Smoothie over. It's a really wonderful frame. If you want to spend a bit less, wait for a Rambouillet to come up in your size. Or on the mysterious new Roadini...
Eric On Monday, November 7, 2016 at 10:54:02 AM UTC-5, John G. wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I'm the proud and delighted owner of a 58 cm Hunqapillar. Some of my best > days ever have been on that bike. I'm fortunate enough to be able pull > together the money for second Rivendell, but I'd like some advice. > > My stable: > 58 cm Hunq. Love it. > 60 cm 1980 Mercian Superlight: also love this, but it's getting long in > the tooth and I want to be gentle with it. > 58 cm Soma Smoothie: the black sheep. It has some very nice Ultegra > components on it, but it's really just too small, and I never ride it. > > So, a few questions for the bunch: > 1. I'm looking for a nimble bike for roads. Not a lot of gravel in my part > of the northeast, and the Hunq has that covered, anyway. *What Rivendell > best fits my needs in the context of my stable?* > 2. I don't need 4 bikes. Should I part out the Smoothie and use it to > build up a new bike, or should I sell the complete bike? > > All advice appreciated. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
