Drew, I've owned, and ridden both bikes for the better part of 10 years. Will you notice a difference? Hard to say. I can only give you my thoughts based on my experience of 30 years of riding and selling bikes. First- both bikes are great. The LHT gets a bad rap for being "heavy". I've never been bothered by this. I don't think the bike "rides heavy" at all. Is the AHH lighter? Certainly. With my communing load the AHH is nearly 6-7 lbs lighter than the LHT. The biggest ride difference comes from the geometry of the bikes, AND your set up. My feeling was always that I was sitting on top of the Surly, and sitting IN the Riv. There is no better or worse. Just different. A final thought. I stripped my LHT last winter and had it powder coated. In that time I rode my AHH and a Cheviot exclusively. My fear was that when I reassembled the Surly I was going to be disappointed. I was not. I was every bit as great as I had remembered. That being said, if I had to have just one bike (horrors), it would most certainly be a Rivendell.
The only option is to own both! Good luck. Chris Wiggins Owner A1 Cyclery Indianapolis IN On Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 1:36:07 AM UTC-5, Drew Henson wrote: > > Are there any surly LHT owners that also have an A Homer Hilsen? I'm > curious how the ride really differs, in practical terms. I currently own > an LHT and it's been a great bike, but it's "too much" bike for me. I'm > looking for something that would be snappier than the LHT but still able to > carry a 10-15 lb commuting load. I've liked to looks of an AHH for a long > time but am concerned that I'd be trading one heavy steel bike for another, > without much difference in the ride when it comes down to it. > > Then there's the AHH vs Sam Hilborne debate I guess, which Rivendell > brought up themselves when I emailed asking about AHH availability.. So if > you've owned a Sam and an LHT I'd be interested in your experience as well. > > I've browsed this use group a bunch but this is my first post, so thanks > in advance for any info! > -- 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.
