Re: [RBW] Another >10year old Rivendell

2021-05-20 Thread Bill Lindsay
Mark asked about why my Hillborne is "better" than my Ebisu. You caught me. The Ebisu is also pretty much perfect, and it's set up almost identical to the Hillborne. Those two bikes absolutely replace one another functionally, and I always have them living at different locations for that re

Re: [RBW] Another >10year old Rivendell

2021-05-20 Thread esoterica etc
In his initial post to start this thread, Bill said, "My Sam Hillborne is freaking perfect, and there is no question in my mind that if I had to downsize from 16 bikes to 1, the Hillborne would be the one I'd keep." I'm really rather surprised to hear you say that Bill, especially since you've

Re: [RBW] Another >10year old Rivendell

2021-05-18 Thread Ray Evans
Bill, the last bike I rode in Michigan was my yellow Schwinn Varsity, in about 1973. Nice to see those beautiful Sam pics at my alma mater! Go Blue! Ray (now in Santa Barbara, but headed bikeless to Detroit tomorrow to visit my 94 yr-old dad) On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 10:11 AM Bill Lindsay wrote:

[RBW] Another >10year old Rivendell

2021-05-18 Thread Bill Lindsay
I've admittedly got a huge stable of bikes. It has "swole" to fully 16 bikes at the moment. I'm really proud of the fact that all of them are dialed and that I ride them all. As a result, even though I put down a decent amount of mileage, none of my bikes has been ridden an epic amount. Th