Dave: There is considerable overlap with the bikes so I opted to keep the Sam to have the ability for greater carrying capacity. Also, I had a custom road bike in the pipeline. Incidentally, my first Riv was an Atlantis followed by the Sage Green Sam; the Sam making a greater impression on me.
Best, Rich in ATL On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 12:54 PM Dave C <david.charles.carr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rich, why did you sell the Homer and keep the Sam? Were you hauling more > gear? Thanks > > On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 9:48:47 AM UTC-7 RichS wrote: > >> Hello Dave: >> >> You note that you like to 'keep things light". Then go with the Homer. I >> currently own a 2015 Hillborne and have owned a 2019 MIT Homer; both 51cm., >> 650b 38mm. tires. Both bikes had identical setups and the Homer was >> certainly lighter — not by a lot but clearly discernible and consequently >> felt a little more lively to me. As others have indicated both handle >> similarly and offer a comfortable ride for distances of 100 miles or more >> in a day. >> >> In sum, you won't go wrong with either bike. >> >> Best, >> Rich in ATL >> >> On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 7:48:19 PM UTC-4 Dave C wrote: >> >>> Has anyone has extensive experience riding both models, particularly the >>> ones made in the 2015-2018 time period, and had an opportunity to see how >>> they rode differently and handled different terrain? I am very interested >>> in these models but they have changed in some ways over the years and I am >>> trying to get a sense of what made them different besides just brake style >>> and sometimes wheel size.. I have searched the past threads but there is >>> not much direct comparison/contrast information. Thanks, Dave in Carlsbad >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/zxdEQemEm80/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/b0f48c36-397e-402d-be83-6d2ecd87e8e3n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b0f48c36-397e-402d-be83-6d2ecd87e8e3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CADumhofA%3Dw_uE%2BUYRYWXgUnr17quOWsWkNHoBEnrabL2vzXOfg%40mail.gmail.com.
