Hi All, I picked up my AHH back in March of this year and have been enjoying it ever since. I now live in Berlin, where Homer serves both as my daily commuter and country bike. It's mostly the standard build: bar- end shifters, Nitto everything. There are a couple of details that stand out, though: the size is 55cm (700c), which Riv offered to have made for me at Waterford (I was nervous about 650b on a potential future tour in Eastern Europe), the color is custom (similar to, but lighter than Imron Harvest Gold), and Mark wrapped the shifter cables with the handlebar tape from the top of the stem.
I hadn't ridden drop bars for a decade, but after a couple of weeks of uncomfortable transition, I found them very comfortable. I have an upper back problem and thought that I would always riding with North Road style bars, but drop bars have proven not only more comfortable, but also beneficial -- they really stretch out my otherwise stiff thoracic spine, and the Noodles aren't hard on my neck at all. Over the past seven months, I've gradually lowered my stem to ever-so- slightly below saddle height. I'm still on a short 7cm stem, but I could imagine switching sometime in the future to 8 or 9. Here are some long-overdue pictures of the bike, from day and weekend tours around Berlin-Brandenburg, Flensburg, and the southern tip of Denmark. The other bike in the photos is a teeny-tiny Ritchey Break- away (48cm). http://www.flickr.com/photos/40444853@N06/sets/72157628022952437/with/6352575641/ Needless to say, I couldn't be happier. liebe Grüße aus Berlin, Nicole -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
