Re: [RBW] Re: Homer as a brevet bike: Keep on the rear rack?

[Patrick Moore]

Thank you. I now remember seeing this and other photos of Lon and his bike
from the event. IIRC, his bike, or Lon and his bike, were written up in an
early RR -- another reason to have a hardbound, archive quality
republication of all those RRs.

On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Jim M.  wrote:

> Here's a pic of Lon at PBP 2003 with his custom Riv, not a Quickbeam,
> which I've read had 3 cogs in back with no derailleur:
> http://www.randonneurs.bc.ca/Resources/pbp_misc/2003/5823_lon-haldeman.jpg
>
> Eric Norris of this group actually rode PBP fixed on a QB.
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[RBW] Re: Homer as a brevet bike: Keep on the rear rack?

[lum gim fong]

Yes, I am corrected, it was on the custom. I think the QB was seen in a 
RAAM documentary.

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[RBW] Re: Homer as a brevet bike: Keep on the rear rack?

[lum gim fong]

@Patrick Moore:

I did but the link is dead now. I guess whoever it was took it down. It was 
a cool write up about how he met Lon when he got dragged to PBP by his 
friend.

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Re: [RBW] Re: Homer as a brevet bike: Keep on the rear rack?

[Jim M.]

Here's a pic of Lon at PBP 2003 with his custom Riv, not a Quickbeam, which 
I've read had 3 cogs in back with no derailleur:
http://www.randonneurs.bc.ca/Resources/pbp_misc/2003/5823_lon-haldeman.jpg

Eric Norris of this group actually rode PBP fixed on a QB.

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Re: [RBW] Re: Homer as a brevet bike: Keep on the rear rack?

[Patrick Moore]

Lum: do you have a source or link or ideas about either for the Haldeman
PBP writeup?

On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 10:49 PM, lum gim fong 
wrote:

> As you work up to longer and longer training and perms and brevet rides,
> you will discover what is "optimal" for your setup  - what works best for
> you. Trial and error. Tweaking your setups until you find what works for
> you. Balancing between light and efficient, comfortable, and
> durable/reliable (Noone wants to be stranded in the middle of nowhere).
> Same with your food and drink on rides. Same with your clothing and shoes.
> seem to do fin
> I have seen randonneurs on bikes with all sorts of setups. So never fear.
> Front racks, rear racks, upright bars, "heavy" steel bikes, skinny tires on
> carbon race bikes, lights duct taped to helmets, crammed bar bags dangling
> high up on high handlebars, etc.
>
> One of the greatest distance riders in the history of bike riding, Lon
> Haldeman, I think rode his Quickbeam with a hacked rear rack and bungeed
> large rear bag on PBP with mismatched components and hacked bar wrap. I
> remember seeing a write up about it by another randonneur somewhere online
> with pics.
>
> So whatever works for you is best!!
>
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[RBW] Re: Homer as a brevet bike: Keep on the rear rack?

[lum gim fong]

Another one of the world's greatest distance riders with a "non-optimal" 
setup:

https://www.ultracycling.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/breedlove_600k.jpg

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[RBW] Re: Homer as a brevet bike: Keep on the rear rack?

[lum gim fong]

Here is the "world's greatest randonneur"'s Sam bike. Rear rack:

 https://chasingmailboxes.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/dsc03188.jpg

full article:
https://chasingmailboxes.com/2011/04/13/bikes-to-like-worlds-greatest-randonneurs-sam-hillborne/

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[RBW] Re: Homer as a brevet bike: Keep on the rear rack?

[lum gim fong]

As you work up to longer and longer training and perms and brevet rides, 
you will discover what is "optimal" for your setup  - what works best for 
you. Trial and error. Tweaking your setups until you find what works for 
you. Balancing between light and efficient, comfortable, and 
durable/reliable (Noone wants to be stranded in the middle of nowhere). 
Same with your food and drink on rides. Same with your clothing and shoes.
seem to do fin
I have seen randonneurs on bikes with all sorts of setups. So never fear. 
Front racks, rear racks, upright bars, "heavy" steel bikes, skinny tires on 
carbon race bikes, lights duct taped to helmets, crammed bar bags dangling 
high up on high handlebars, etc.

One of the greatest distance riders in the history of bike riding, Lon 
Haldeman, I think rode his Quickbeam with a hacked rear rack and bungeed 
large rear bag on PBP with mismatched components and hacked bar wrap. I 
remember seeing a write up about it by another randonneur somewhere online 
with pics.

So whatever works for you is best!!


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[RBW] Re: Homer as a brevet bike: Keep on the rear rack?

[John Hawrylak]

Jay

The Homer is normal trail so a rear rack would not affect the handling.  It 
adds weight, which you may want to minimize.  However the weight does 
offset some of the front load you mentioned , so it's probably a wash.

You could put a saddlebag on the saddle loops and carry the spare tube and 
any tools and items you have to get off the bike to use.

John Hawrylak
Woodstown NJ.  

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