Have an early single tube 56cm Hillborne, weigh 225 and find it is just fine as it is.
Confession - was going to sell this bike a little while ago. Even had it at the LBS. Then saw the e-mail about double top tube 56 models and that helped me change my mind. The bike is staying with me. For now. Nothing against the double top tubes. Actually like the look on the larger bikes. But they do prevent the use of a Revelate Tangle or similar frame bag. Not that many folks will be using those on a Rivendell, but like having the option. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jun 6, 7:00 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 19:55 -0400, William Pustow wrote: > > > ....and you are right. It's a personal choice. When I see them, I see > > a cheap Asian bike that's meant to handle an additional 150 pounds of > > sugar cain or chickens, or whatever. For the posters weighing 200++ > > pounds, it's probably a good choice. > > At 200+ pounds I do very nicely on an 8/5/8 standard diameter tubing > frame with but a single top tube. Now maybe for a 300 pound load, or > for someone who rides "heavy" or thrashes around a lot, they might be an > answer to a prayer. I can't imagine ever wanting one myself. -- 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-bunch@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.
