Hi Sean, What's your PBH? If you're in the "taller" overlap zone of the Homers and the larger Salukis (59cm-62cm), I may be able to contribute to your questions.
I recently added a 60cm Saluki to compliment and potentially replace my 59cm Hilsen. For now, I feel I'm at the point where I've identified a great size and ergonomic setup, nearly perfect, and now begin the process of splitting hairs. The Saluki is able to run slightly wider (Hetre) tires and has cantis and feels a hair larger, but that's probably due to the puffier 42mm Hetres (my Homer is an early build and has the narrower tire clearance). Aesthetically, the bike looks to be of the same high quality. My Homer was made at Waterford but the Saluki probably at Toyo. The lugs appear to be "mismatched," the top lug of the headtube appearing to be like the current Homers and the bottom lug of the headtube appearing to be like the older "pointy" lugs. I like it. Here is an archive page on the Saluki: http://web.archive.org/web/20070225162042/http://www.rivbike.com/bikes/saluki On Dec 5, 5:35 am, SeanMac <seanm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have noticed several Salukis for sale recently on ebay. I know that this > bike was produced before the Bleriot, but I have had a somewhat difficult > time finding information about it on the web. I am hoping that a list > member or three might be able to shed some light on this bike for me. > > I'm in the market for a bike for longer rides and perhaps some short > touring - Erie Canal, C & O Trail, etc. I've had my eyes on a Sam for some > time, but have not yet pulled the trigger (might on the all-blue Sam - what > a deal). Would a Saluki be well-suited for this kind of riding or is it > really designed as a country bike / credit card tourer / rambler / century > ride bike? > > How would the Saluki compare to a Homer? > > I can't seem to find a chart that matches PBH to Saluki sizing. Should I > simply use the general chart on the Riv site, matching the 650b section to > my height to choose the correct Saluki? > > Thanks, > > Sean -- 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.
