I've been on the fence about a Soma Grand Randonneur V.3 It seems that v1 and v2 of this bike have been sort of shelved by the community as a nice but somewhat failed experiment - and so V3 seems sort of forgotten.
I'm very curious about the V3 - I want a 650b Low Trail bike and unfortunately the tall seat tube with relatively short stack and reach on the Crust Lightning Bolt just creates a situation where my body will never fit on the right size (I have a long torso and crazy short legs.) So that pretty much leaves the Soma GR V3 as my only production option. I'd love to hear from those who own or have riden the bike, is it still overbuilt? Is it still plagued with shimmy, how is it as a "zippy" road bike? I have a Sam Hillborne thats frankly just a little stout and not "lively" (to me, we're all different!) despite its other high points and I have a "fast" Waterford. I don't expect the GR to compare with the get up and go of the Waterford, but I don't want something that will ride like my Sam either. Anyway, heres wonderwall. -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6313d533-2e73-46f1-9b27-0fe3e6826f85n%40googlegroups.com.
