I think Mark Reimer said, :Possible? Yes. Enjoyable? Debatable..." I agree with his sentiment.
You and I have both ridden some really gnarly terrain with our Homer's and though it can be done (a testament to Homer's DNA) the side pull brakes just are not meant to pull that kinda duty. On long descents with a load it's misery. Your hands and peace of mind will suffer. This is the main reason I jumped on the Bantam Adventure Bike v2.0. My .02 for what it's worth. ~Hugh On Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 10:28:16 AM UTC-7, Coconutbill wrote: > > Hello Bunch, > > I am contemplating under-biking the Great Divide on my sole steed, A. > Homer Hilsen. We have ridden all types of terrain together, and it would > suite my finances to ride what Ive got. > > Because my sidepulls are not providing enough braking power, Im > contemplating purchasing a new fork. It could be a Surly, or a Rivendell > fork, it would just need to have Canti-Posts for the use of V-Brakes, or > something with more stopping power, and suit a 650b wheel. > > Im open to suggestions , and if you have a fork of this sort you'd be > willing to sell, please send me a message. > > Kind regards, > Evan S. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
