I agree whole-heartedly with what Chris and Tony said. I have a 61cm 700C Hilsen set up as a pure road bike, and I use it as my go-fast bike for group road rides (although it is sporting the 38mm Barlow Pass tires). Everyone else on those rides is rocking some kind of expensive carbon bike, and they always ooh and aah over the Hilsen's looks before shaking their heads at how heavy it must be. I mostly don't get dropped, though, and if I do it's definitely not Homer's fault! It is an absolutely delightful bike to ride – utterly comfortable and laid-back, yet simultaneously very responsive to steering input and effort.
I also have an S&S coupled Saluki (59cm, and obviously 650B), which I intend to use as a credit card touring travel bike after my retirement (49 days and counting!). It has the 48mm Switchback Hill tires (actual more like 50mm), and is marginally more comfortable and marginally less responsive than the Hilsen. Both are wonderful bikes. From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Stein Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 1:26 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: The Mysterious Homer One thing about the Homer is it almost never shows up for sale. Homer owners must love it enough to not sell it (Chris's experience aside). I am actually curious to how the Homer compares to some of the modern rando bikes (boulder all road, ocean air rambler, etc). Low train vs. mid trail handling and front load vs. rear load aside, i'm curious about the liveliness and spritelyness between them for long day rides and light touring/overnighters. They all seem to fill that niche of a do it all, wide tire with fenders, racks for bags, road to trail type bike. On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Pondero <cj.spin...@gmail.com<mailto:cj.spin...@gmail.com>> wrote: +1 on what Tony said. I had a Homer, sold it to pursue another project, and ended missing it and buying another to replace it. It's my all-rounder. I'm relatively light and can use it for mult-day touring. I ride it often on some rugged gravel roads and some trails. I've built it up with drop bars and albatross bars and both work quite well for me. For most of my range of cycling, it does everything very well...and its handsome. Based on your (admittedly brief) description, I think it is smart to give it serious consideration. Chris Johnson Sanger, Texas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/xeQPi8CKt_A/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto: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. -- 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<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto: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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. ============================================================================== -- 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.
