I'm dating myself, but in a different economic, political, and cultural moment, I loved, loved loved: Atlantis - Hilsen/Saluki - Ram/Rom - Quickbeam - Glorious/Wilbury line-up of differentiation. I like that the Hilsen nameplate is sustaining, as the original "country bike."
That being said, my normal-chainstay 700c Hunqa is the forever-Riv and the one I have long thought everyone should have (scoop up those demo bikes!), and I've had 5 Rivs (3 currently - QB and custom in addition to the Hunqa). I defer to Grant and the gang regarding their decisions - but if I was sketching it out, I'd imagine: 1. Hunqapillar 650B Plus MTB in diamond and step-thru (!) 2. Atlantis bend-a-tube touring 3. Hilsen do-all country bike 4. Roadeo/Rodini 5. Special release - SS/Mixte/hammock bike... I like this direction. Esteban San Diego, Calif. All rim brakes, all steel, nothing fancy, fun-as-hell-last-forever. On Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 5:58:53 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > The newsletter pretty unambiguously declared the MIT Hilsen is replacing > the Hillborne, so there will be no more Sam Hillbornes. The newsletter also > said a little bit more ambiguously that Clem’s are going to end. For the > year or forever wasn’t clearly stated, but it said the last of the cheap > Rivs. Those who were calling for streamlining are getting it. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito Ca -- 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.
