A thing I remembered after reading various comparisons to Homer and Clem, but first a caveat that answers Leah's "how do you use it" question: I owned mine for only about 6 months, first as a light-ish 2-speed "around town" bike (it's perfect for that), then an hilariously fast and underbraked ebike conversion (don't try this at home).
A thing that makes Cheviot different from Clem and possibly Homer is how the tubes provide a quite solid structure. This is all theory on my part, but I felt very little flex in the frame (that I can remember from 3 years ago) and I presume the tight triangle from the mid/toptube; and third set of stays; contributes to this. In comparison to my Clem Ls - which really don't have a triangle up front at all because the toptube closely parallels the bottom - the Cheviot is stiffer. I could feel some flex in the L, especially loaded up from the store. In comparison to Homer (too long ago for me to remember this detail, and I had the Toyo version), Toshi on the other thread says his AHH turns noticeably quicker going down a twisty mountain road. I presume some of this is geometry - I believe Cheviot has slightly more relaxed angles than Homer - but I can imagine a Cheviot feels stiffer than that bike, too. Definitely guessing here with the Homer comparisons, maybe Toshi and others can expound more on this. Brakes: Yeah, I'm never going to love the Tektro R559s. I have them on my new-to-me Frank Jones Señor singlespeed (talk about a light and flexy frame!) and am once again reminded why I prefer v-brakes. The Tektros don't really stop you as much as reduce your speed if you absolutely insist 😐 Joe "wow, this singlespeed won't downshift and now I remember why gears are good" Bernard Marin County CA. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/589b170a-2f13-4018-9334-48bc915c421f%40googlegroups.com.
