RJM: Congrats on planning to get a pair of Rivendells. Now I'll toss in the curve: just buy an Atlantis and a couple of sets of tires. I've been riding mine "wherever" for over 7 years now. The standard Paselas suffered a bit off road but I've been using 35 mm Schwalbe Marathon Supremes for a few years & they work fine on So Cal jeep trails, fire roads, etc. They are a bit narrow for deep sand.
The Atlantis is my touring bike, trail bike, riding around town bike. OTH, you could probably tour just as well on a Bomba or Hunq. One of the beauties of Rivendell is that the bikes are simply not that specialized; they do a lot of stuff wonderfully. dougP On Aug 25, 11:14 am, RJM <rjme...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am looking to get my first of two Rivendells and having a problem > deciding which is the best to go with. I have decided that I > absolutely need an Atlantis set up as an all-around tourer. I am > confused on the next bike though which will be the first one ordered > as I don't have a tour planned in the near future. I want a trail- > bike that I can take on some of the singletrack nearby but also want > it to have a small front and rear rack to be able to carry some bags. > > The trails aren't too technical and a non-suspended bike with 2" tires > should be awesome on them, the racks would be to hold stuff to go on > overnight lightweight camping trips. I am looking at either a > Bombadil or a Hunqapillar and am stuck deciding which one. I have a > PBH of 77 and weigh 220, so a stouter bike is probably the way to go. > If I am figuring this right, I would require the smallest size with > the whatever frameset I go with. I'm just not sure which one to go > with, or if they are even that much different. > > I guess it comes down to what size wheelset, 650 or 26". What are > your opinions on it? Do you think the Hunqapillar would make a better > bike for singletracking/camping because of the 26" wheels or would the > larger size be better? I like the looks of the paint scheme on the > Hunquapillar and the headbadge is killer, but a solid colored > powdercoated Bombadil would be a durable bike for many years. I think > a white one would be cool looking. > > Any thoughts, comments or anything? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
