Congratulations on NBD! I adore my Homer and it’s ride. If you like it half as much as I like mine ‘(‘19) you wil be one happy guy.
Roberta On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 8:51:37 PM UTC-5 John G. wrote: > My Homer complete arrived today, a few days after my erstwhile Roadeo > began its journey back to its previous owner. This is the first time I > bought a complete build from Riv, and the experience was excellent. I > haven't really put any miles on the Homer, but in honor of New Bike Day, I > wanted to share a few notes on its looks. Some background: I've owned a few > Rivs (Hunqapillar, Atlantis, Quickbeam, Roadeo) and I wish I had kept every > one I've sold. The Roadeo was fantastic, but a bit small. The Atlantis was > great, but it wasn't a Roadeo. The Quickbeam I still own. I've always been > a bit overly precious about the Made in Taiwan frames, and wrongly assumed > they would never look as nice as a MUSA Riv. Man, I was wrong. > > Anyway! > - The compact geometry and long chainstays look really beautiful and > balanced in person. I've never been much of a fan of sloping top tubes, but > it really looks great on the Homer. The proportions just work. > - The paint is far and away the best I've ever seen on a production Riv. > Way, way better than the paint on my Waterford Atlantis and Roadeo. It's > just...lustrous. It feels almost lit from within. Pics do not do it justice. > - The build quality is superlative. > > More on how it rides soon when I get some more miles on it! > > -- 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/707c1662-d2e7-4677-8864-e60d6629ed0an%40googlegroups.com.
