I occasionally ride my Partner's MIT homer (47.5, too small for me) on my commute, so I cannot comment on it thoroughly, but it is a lively bike as it compares to my (now sold) Clem and would be an excellent companion to the Atlantis. The liveliness you describe for your bleriot with alba bars matches with what I have noticed with the billie bars that are on there. I think that is mostly a function of where your hands are relative to the steering axis.
The main functional difference appears to be a smaller seatpost diam for the Sam and v-studs/canti-posts. The geometries based on bikeinsights seem almost identical. The paint on the Homer is a wonderful color, btw. Its a beautiful blue with just a hint of sparkle that you only see during sunny days. Also, looks like Riv is sold out of the 51 homers, if that impacts your decision at all. Cheers, Collin in "GOOD AQI" Sacramento On Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 2:53:51 PM UTC-7 Joel wrote: > I know Joe B has opinions on this as he has owned at least 2 of them. > > My Bleriot is a tad big, not terrible but a tad too high for me. It also > has very lively handling, especially with Albatross bars. To counter this > a bit I hold them near the curves which puts more weight on the front end > and is very comfortable for me. My Atlantis is being built up right know > and will be ready tomorrow. I have considered replacing the Bleriot with a > Sam or Homer. Group member Rich has given me some good information, the > Sam will be a tad smaller (1cm) in 51cm and will be a definite fit, the > Homer will probably be fine. I want the bike should I do this that will be > the most comfort and stable. The chain stay difference is a couple of CM I > think. Any thoughts? > > Thanks > Joel > -- 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/ac25067e-1db5-4fca-b9e4-bda00c0233a9n%40googlegroups.com.
