new Hillborne

[Thomas Lynn Skean]

And then there were two! Just like my orange Hillborne, this is a 60cm canti-studded double-top-tube model. I haven't even ridden it yet! There will likely be more photos later.

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/7568778/1/bicycle%20cycling/Samuel%20Green%20Hillborne/glamour?h=a8effb

or

http://tinyurl.com/7tesljg

Should go to the same place.

Yours,
Thomas Lynn Skean

[RJM]

Awesome.  Two Hillbornes!  You must have found the bike you like, that is for sure. 

 

Are the setups going to be completely different?

[William]

Featuring the now-famous rear Platrack! 

APPROVE!!

[Thomas Lynn Skean]

I have indeed found the bike I love.

The rear Platrack with SlickerSack seems so obvious as a practical way to haul stuff that I'm a little surprised it wasn't at least part of the marketing. If it has some fatal flaw then I've yet to discover it on my initial ride. It works beautifully. I haven't fine tuned the fit yet; I need to shave the struts and/or adjust the height on the Mark's rack. I may end up with two sets of Platack struts if I can't find common ground between the Mini in front and the Mark's in back. (I certainly want to maintain the potential for using the Platrack in the front. Who knows; I may end up with two Platracks at some point.)

Yours,
Thomas Lynn Skean
who is currently enjoying his first ride on Samuel Green Hillborne

[Thomas Lynn Skean]

Not very different, really. Having different rack arrangements is likely the biggest difference i'll have between them at any given time. Redundancy is a major goal. However, the setup for each bike is "fluid" in some sense; I have 5 cockpits that work on either. Albatross (one Thumbie, one bar-end), Bullmoose, Moustache, Noodle. And as soon as I can get my hands on the Bosco 58cm bar (non-moose), I'll have a half-dozen. DaVinci couplers are my friends.

Either bike can be a grocery hauler, a commuter, a camper, a recreational rider, a grand-day-out'er. And Orange has been all of these things, over and over. Green will simply share the burden. And now re-configuration or maintenance will not have to fit into the window between commutes!

Yours,
Thomas Lynn Skean

[Thomas Lynn Skean]

Photos of the build in progress are here:

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/7568778/1/bicycle%20cycling/Samuel%20Green%20Hillborne?h=a8effb#

or

http://tinyurl.com/czmwbkj

Yours,
Thomas Lynn Skean

[William]

Dual Platracks!!!  That would be EPIC!