Okay, I love these ideas. I'm writing this down on my super nerd gearing list. I am so curious about the triple now. I've had some advice that it's overkill, but I'm curious now that I am hearing from people with riding experience... people who ride like me... While on my own I am a "Party Pace rider" I do find that I get into my 42 front chainring a lot... but I also ride the 28 for most of the time. I spin on downhills, and can't get quite a low enough gear to get up these long hills without feeling it in my knees... Maybe a triple is the answer. I don't mind a weight penalty for something that improves ride experience, I'm just trying to be more conscious about throwing racks and bags and accidentally building every bike into a touring bike. I will not be at the point where I fit everything into tiny jersey pockets, just trying to find that balance.
The Roadini is the rational looking choice, but I am just not a pure roadbike person. I need to be able to get a somewhat ergonomic handlebar on there, no drops due to my funky shoulder. And I've been mostly having a fine time on club rides on my Platypus which I have a trunk bag on... which gets a lot of comments until I'm the one who pulls out a fully equipped first aid kit, or can carry out someone's water bottle and cage that flies off mid ride... try fitting that in a Jersey pocket! The Homer is going to be great for what I'm planning to do... and if not then it's another N+1 situation, right? On Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 8:54:48 AM UTC-8 steve...@gmail.com wrote: > An Albastache with drop bar levers? > I'm sure some Homer riders will chime in with their thoughts, but I've > found that mustache style bars can strike a happy compromise between swept > back designs and drop bars. The trick I think is to get the height and > reach dialed in so they provide both a comfortable, somewhat upright-ish > cruising position when on the ends, and a lower stretched out aero-ish > position when out on the bends & brake lever hoods. I've found they work > best for me with a much shorter stem than I would have expected. > > I'd think a 24t chain ring, if coupled with an 11-34 or 11-32 rear > cassette would give you a sufficiently low "granny gear" for big climbs, > but I wonder if you'd wind up spinning out the 38 x 11 high gear. I run a > VO triple on my Platypus with a 44-34-24 crank and an 8 speed 11-34 on the > back. I'm definitely a 'party pace' sort of rider, but often find myself > shifting onto the 44t chain ring. > > Not to distract you from your plan...but would a Roadini be a better > choice for club rides? Whatever you settle on, have fun with your N+1 bike > build!!! > > > On Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 9:27:06 AM UTC-5 sarahlik...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> I think I learned what N + 1 syndrome is.... I have two very lovely >> bikes, and Atlantis and a Platypus. Between the two I have been able to do >> most of the kind of riding I can dream of. Chase around my kid on the >> Atlantis which is built up as an all rounder (Because I had only road bikes >> and I have a kid who can't stay away from dirt and gravel). I have been >> taking my Platypus out on club rides which has been working out fine... >> until I started to have aspirations to try out some of these rides that >> involve a lot of hills... so of course I decided to buy A Homer that I >> would like to build up specifically for rides with lots of hills! (To >> clarify, I am totally happy to take my time getting up hills on my Platypus >> which I have set up with racks and bags, fenders... but I like to ride with >> other people which are usually people with traditional road bikes with all >> the carbon fiber things). >> >> So I would love some guidance on setting up the gearing, and handlebar >> types, and random suggestions on how to do a lighter build. I know weight >> isn't the most important thing... but I can for sure tell a difference when >> I run up and down the stairs at the BART station with my Platypus when I >> have it laden with all the things vs when I first got it... and I love it >> now with all the things... so of course another bike, n + 1 is the answer. >> >> I've been considering the Wide Low double (38 x 24). >> >> I use the Billie Bars, and Albatross bars on my other bikes... am I >> missing out on anything by not considering other options? (I have a >> shoulder that sometimes misbehaves so drop bars have not been my friend). >> >> I am open to bikesplaining. >> >> >> -- 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/a288558b-8220-4b09-b2eb-a37958cf3864n%40googlegroups.com.
