A Handsome Devil is basically a tig-welded SAM. It looks similar to the bike you linked, but it's double-butted 4130 and has canti brakes. Room for 45s without fenders, 38 with fenders. I have one.
On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 4:23:42 PM UTC-5 Nick in Sac wrote: > Awhile back, I worked for a bike shop that had these as rentals. They were > a nice ride but equipped with pretty low-end components and made with a > hi-tensile steel frame. At the time, I wasn't aware of Rivendell or Grant > Petersen's design philosophy. I didn't pay much attention to them. > > However, looking at Homers but lacking the budget to build one, my mind > went back to these: > https://www.brooklynbicycleco.com/collections/bedford-collection > > It also appears that Grant designed their bikes in some capacity: > https://www.brooklynbicycleco.com/blogs/journal/five-things-that-matter-on-bike-frame-geometry-with-grant-petersen > > Am I cuckoo for thinking that this would be a good option for someone on a > really tight budget or someone who has a partner or spouse who rides > occasionally? I just emailed them about tire clearance and am waiting to > hear back. From what I remember, they came stock with a 32 and had room to > spare. > > > -- 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/46833c45-584d-4288-9683-7bdad3d0f5d3n%40googlegroups.com.
