I spend about equal time on my Sam Hillborne and my Soma Double Cross. To abbreviate the way they're normally set up, the Sam's got a 40/24 12-36 drivetrain, 35c Soma New Xpress tires, front rack/basket/Shopsack. The Soma's got a 48/34 11-34 drivetrain, 35c Schwalbe Marathon Racers, front rack, front and rear Sackville bags.
Anyway, I always assumed that my Soma was kind of a lightweight go-fast bike with it's fancy Tange Prestige tubing and slightly more aggressive geometry (shorter chain stays anyway). Compared to the Sam, it just takes off like crazy and *feels *incredibly quick and nimble. Lo-and-behold, I got one of those hook scale things today, and the total weight of each bike was 35lbs for the Sam and 31lbs for the Soma. I thought it was the weight that explained the difference in feel, but clearly that's not the case. Both are equally pleasurable to ride, but there must be far more factors involved in the overall "feel" of each bike than I might have guessed. -- 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/-/ZAOGEmfYo8AJ. 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.
