I haven't ridden either back to back, but I have tried the OAC Rambler, a Rawland rSOGN and spent a year or so on a 650B'd skinny 531 tubed Trek, both set up similarly to my current Saluki. My impression is they aren't all that different. My impression is the Saluki is a bit more stable/neutral in handling overall and that at least for my purposes the front end geometry easy to forget once you are on the road. I regularly carry my work clothes in a shopsack in front wald basket and have no problem with handling. Once parked or when moving the bike around the front wheel/basket combo does flop around really easy but I've had that issue on every front loaded bike I've tried unless I mount a spring retainer (VO sells them).
I find the Saluki to respond well to higher effort and it's easy to stay in rhythm once your moving but it isn't as quick off the line as I remember the Rambler, rSOGN or Trek. Could be more the bags and racks I've got or the upright handlebars. I'm still a bit low trail curious just because I enjoy messing around with bikes but I'm sure the Saluki isn't holding me back from pretty much any biking adventure I could imagine. On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 1:26 PM David Stein <davecst...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> 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. >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > 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. > -- 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.
