Isn't this kinda like asking which one is your favorite child????
That being said I have a Homer Hilsen and Cheviut that I use for very
different purposes. Cheviut is around town and up Mt. Diablo once in a
while. Maybe someday I'll try it on 200K brevet. I can load it up with
groceries with racks and bags installed and for around town the upright
position can't be beat.
However, I prefer my Homer for longer under 300K rides but it's now racked
and bagged to carry lots of stuff so it's my backup around town bike with
drop bars that I carry a small watermelon or two, bag of dry cat food and
1/2 gallon of milk et al.
Guess if I could only have one bike and still wanted to do 300K brevets it
would be the Homer but if I wasn't doing longish rides the Cheviut is clear
winner. It's so much fun to ride the Cheviut downhill and uphill it's bonus
workout points.
Eileen
On Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:30:55 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> I've owned 5: 3 custom Roads, 56 (55?) single tt, canti Sam, and blue Ram,
> later model with room for 32s and fenders and space in between.
>
> I put more miles on the 2003 Curt, just about identical to the '99 Joe
> gofast in frame geometry, drivetain/saddle/bar components and setup; it
> just adds all the accoutrements -- fenders, racks f/r, dynolights, bell fer
> gosh's sakes -- that you'd reasonably want for an "errand" bike, But, (just
> rode it) I have to say that the stripper gofast is just *more fun* to
> ride, measured by response in drivetrain to effort in legs. I don't know
> why this is so, since the '03 has largely the same drivetrain, and wheels
> -- same tires, Elk Pass -- as the '99. There is probably a 7 lb weight
> differenceboth bikes unladen ('99 is 18.1 now that it adds second bottle
> cage and Dingle on flip side); and the '03 is very often laden; but -- I
> dunno.
>
> I realize that all of this is very relative to your own type of riding;
> but for me, if someone held a gun to my head and said: "One bike; choose
> now!", I'd have to choose the '99 Joe.
>
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