Piaw, are you saying that you take your Roadini for a 3-week tour? How much gear are you carrying?
On Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 4:36:01 PM UTC-7 pi...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 8:52:13 AM UTC-7 shu...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Anyway, I could carry on and on, but I just wish to say that I find the > two *quite* different. The bike also feels noticeably bigger (the frame > is a 58) which may also contribute. To shorten what could be a long story, > I came home, walked in the house, and ordered a Homer, which is set to > arrive today. Once I build it up, I intend to sell the Roadini. After > about thirty years of 3000mi annually, the Homer was instantly the bike > that I'd dreamt of for a long time. You can't really go wrong with either. > To me the question would come down to this: do you want to maximize the > feeling of quickness or gliding comfort? For me, there was no comparison. > With the Tektro side pulls and all of the same parts, I cannot tell a > weight difference between the two; perhaps the Paul brakes and extra bits > nullify the frame savings. Anyway, I was in a similar decision dilemma as > you a few years back and went with the Roadini, and while it all worked out > in the end, the Homer was the right choice for me. > > > > I was going to say --- I wonder how you'll feel when you have to pack this > bike for a tour. What got me to not buy a Homer (other than the axle > spacing) was that one of my critical use cases is being able to put the > bike in a box, fly to a destination, and do a 3 week tour and bring it > back. When I mentioned that to Grant he admitted that it would take a much > bigger box than I was willing to put up with to do that. > -- 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/4f4c4a9a-dcb5-4317-a80c-482e3c3f5589n%40googlegroups.com.
