Avery, What both of these fine gentlemen said is correct. Since I have a shorter PBH I can't speak to the larger sized Homer, however I do ride a 58cm Homer and it is the most versatile bike I've ever owned. With the right tires it's a fairly fast road warrior, with the Rumpkin's (Soma is supposed to be releasing a 40ish mm knobby tire soon) I run it's an off road warrior for S240's.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/coconutbill/13426677245/in/faves-pedalpusher61/ When I purchased the AHH from Riv I was skeptical about sizing up...oh how right they are. These day's Homer will be doing duty as a daily road bike and the soon to be finished Atlantis will take over the heavy off road stuff. If I had to pick one bike that can do a variety of things well, leaning towards the road then the AHH is the rig. All that said the Hillborne is a worthy bicycle and the amount of silver showing isn't on the ridiculous side. ~Hugh On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 8:21:33 AM UTC-7, Avery Wilson wrote: > > Hello Group! > > My name is Avery Wilson. I've chimed in on a few discussions over the past > year, but I've been reading the group pretty consistently for a year or so. > > I currently have a 56cm Sam Hillborne (one of the blue headtube web > specials from last year). > > See a pic here <https://www.flickr.com/photos/122008974@N05/>. > > I've been riding the bike since early last summer. I MOSTLY love it! I > love the comfort, the laid back geometry, the high bars, the aesthetics, > etc. etc. However, I've been wondering if its too small for me. My PBH of > 88 put me right in between the 56 and the 60cm, and as you can see from the > picture, I've got an "immodest" amount of seatpost showing. :) > > If I replace it (advice solicited here!), I've been thinking of getting an > AHH, and effectively "combine" my Sam and another more roadish (Velo Orange > Randonneur that's too small for me as well) into one bike to rule them all. > The Homer seems more suited to the type of riding I do anyway - all day > rambles, quicker short road rides, occasional gravel, not much dirt (I've > got a sweet 29er for that), occasional S24O, but no real touring. Double > top tube Sam may be overkill anyway! > > It seems I would be in between a 61cm and a 63cm on the Hilsen if you use > the Saddle Height - 15-17cm method. Does anyone with a similar PBH have > any experience with 61-63cm AHH bikes? I feel like the 61 would be great, > but I want to avoid chickening out and getting another too-small bike > again, thus I consider the 63... > > General comments, questions, and observations are welcome! > > > Avery "first-time-new-topic-poster" Wilson > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
