Vermont Overland is marketed as a 55 mile gravel race. Are you going to ride it as a race? Or are you going to ride it as a ride?
Let's see what the whole build looks like, and we can try to describe what you can do to curate your Hillborne for the event. In its bones, the Hillborne is a country bike, not a race bike. A thoughtful build can make a Hillborne lean somewhat more racey, if that's what you're after. But it's still a country bike in its bones. Country bikes can definitely feel ploddy in to those who want their bike to feel racey. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 8:44:38 AM UTC-7 Davey Two Shoes wrote: > I'm going to ride my Sam Hillborne in the Vermont Overland this year and > as such I feel compelled to convert from tubes to tubeless. My current > wheelset is the 36 spoke deore/dyad setup so many of us know and love(?). > I'm considering the following options; either replace the rim with a > Velocity Quill and reuse my 36 spoke hubs or having a 32/32 or maybe 28/32 > spoke wheelset built up with Velocity Quills. I plan to run 48mm Rene Herse > tires. I'd like the bike to feel quicker and more inspiring with this > wheelset, I've often thought that the "ploddy" feeling my Sam has is down > to the uninspiring wheelset. > > -- 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/7fd83544-38c5-43a5-8324-7944a2ae6b52n%40googlegroups.com.
