Right on!!! Sent from my iPhone 4
On Aug 3, 2011, at 8:34 PM, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > Well, I decided. > > First, I should address the "why" more clearly. Primarily, sheet redundancy. > Secondarily (a close second), the ability to keep one bike shod with studded > tires through the winter. Thirdly (distant third), have two different > "arrangements" available at any one time, for those unexpected riding > opportunities and quirky ad hoc preferences. That is, sometimes you just > wanna ride Bullmoose, no matter what you've got set up or what you'll need > the next day! This would at least enable that. > > Now, honestly... either the Hunqapillar or the Hillborne would provide > sufficient redundancy. The fact that the Hillborne is a pure duplicate > doesn't really matter with respect to redundancy. And I could put studded > tires and any of my cockpits and racks and baskets and bags on either bike; > so reasons two and three were also satisfied by either Hill or Hunqapillar. > > But... the Hunqapillar's sizing just would not work. The 58 would pose issues > for getting the bars as high ad I like them. The 62 would be a challenge to > straddle comfortably, which I do often as a commuter waiting for lights and > what-not and when riding with my family. > > So another 60cm canti-studded double-top-tube Hillborne is on lay-away for > delivery early next year. Green, this time. The recent July e-mail update > picture is a very flattering depiction of that green. If it looks like that > in person, I'll be thrilled. > > Thanks for the info and opinions and questions; they all helge me think this > through. > > I already know exactly how I'll build it. I'll do some side-by-side photos > when it's all set. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/3OYDxqc6DpwJ. > 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. > -- 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.
