Hey Will, thanks for all the info. Glad you're enjoying your Hillborne. I'm a 91cm PBH, 80.5 SH and 5'11.5" tall. I have a little concern about the same being a bit long for me when running drop bars and so wondering how it handles with a shorter stem. I'm hoping to replace my LHT with a Hillborne a little later this year. As much as I love my LHT there are things I like more about the Hillborne such as the kickstand plate, centerpull brakes and that it takes a quill stem. I have a Big Dummy and a trailer now for handling my urban hauling needs. As much as I dream about touring and camping and really putting the LHT to purpose, a Hillborne would probably work just fine for my needs--3 to 4 S24Os/yr and one 7 to10 day bike tour every other year.
After I sell a few more things I'll probably be looking for a Hillborne in earnest, either used through this list or straight from RBWHQ. --mike On Sunday, December 2, 2012 2:00:31 PM UTC-8, Will wrote: > > Oh boy Mike, I can give you a bunch of info! The bike I had when I got my > first Hillborne was a 59cm Surly Steamroller. My saddle height on the Surly > was 77.5cm. On my Sam it's 78cm. I am 6'1" and my pbh is 88cm. I have a > wide, stocky build, and my arms are pretty average length. I'm not a > knuckle dragger nor are they stumps. > > Incidentally that first Sam H. was from the '09 run of orange, canti > braked, single tt variety. I loved everything about its versatility and > stability. It truly is a bike that you can set up just about any way you > can dream up in between the extremes of road racing and gonzo mtb'ing. > Already I've had them set up with brifters, bar ends, downtube friction and > brifters again. I'm currently scheming an alba bar end friction set up. > It's a lot of fun thinking up alternative builds on this frame! > > In a nit-picking, over-thinking way, the one thing that nagged me about my > Sam was the canti brakes. I could never get them dialed in right and every > time I touched them it took me an hour to get them working passably again. > I consider myself to be a pretty good bike mech who has built up several > bikes from scratch too. So... when Grant came out with that original offer > on the blues with side pulls, fancy paint and double top tubes, I jumped at > it. > > Going right from the orange single top tube to the blue double was > seamless and I really only noticed a very slight weight/stiffness gain. > Really negligable. I am 195lbs down from 240 a year ago thanks to Grant and > Gary Taubes. I'm really seeing some weight saving benefits and I don't need > to spend several k to save 5 more lbs! I wouldn't give up the beautiful > ride quality of this bike for anything (except for maybe another Riv!). It > just sings beneath me. And the side pulls are beautiful. It's my only bike > because it really does everything so well. > > Well, that's my gushing two cents on the Sam H! > > -- 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/-/Qiejw5Pk-RcJ. 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.
