Alexander, good to hear your Homer worked well on tour. What front rack were you using? Did you have front panniers?
I've taken my Homer on plenty of dirt roads, up and down, but never really rode singletrack with it. I took my front and rear racks off but left on the big 700x41 Schwalbe Marathons I used for the tour and hit up the singletrack at Powell Butte today. Man, were the trails great and the bike handled really well. I've ridden by Powell Butte tons and tons of times on my way out to do long road rides but never stopped to really explore all the singletrack there. It totally reminded me of China Camp down in the Bay Area. Homer is definitely the do all bike. Have fun on the rest of your tour! On Aug 19, 5:45 pm, alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > I just did a ~1500 mile loop up the pacific coast and around the > olympic peninsula on a fully loaded AHH and I thought it did really > well. I too experienced a little bit of a wobble on a couple > occasions but I found that it was just indication that I had weight > improperly placed and distributed. At one time, I had too much weight > (firewood) high up above my rear panniers and on another I had too > much weight on the front portion of the shelf of my front rack (in > front of the axle). Keeping things down low and well distributed > yielded a great handling bike that even did well on unpaved, rocky > trails. > > I'm about to head east from Portland OR to new york and I wouldn't > hesitate to tour anywhere on the homer hilsen.. except maybe down the > entire length of the Great Divide. > > Note that I'm a fairly light rider at around 145lbs with gear that > probably never exceeds 45lbs > > On Aug 17, 1:10 pm, Brian Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mike - how much weight on the Hilsen? Was it wobbly in specific > > situations? Interested in more detail as I'll be doing this sort of thing > > with a Hilsen. BTW - great trip photos. Looks like it was a great time! > > > Brian > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yesterday my friend Dylan and I finished up 8 days of cyclotouring > > > through WA and OR. We managed to roll through portions of Gifford > > > Pinchot NF, Mt Hood NF, Deschutes NF and the Willamette NF. We totally > > > veered from our planned route which would have kept us in and around > > > the GPNF but due to poor weather we changed plans and headed south. > > > The hight point of the trip was day 6 when we took back roads from > > > Madras to just below the summit of McKenzie Pass. I had been wanting > > > to climb the pass ever since moving to OR and was not disappointed. We > > > stayed at a beautiful and serene campground--Lava Lake. The next day > > > we got on the road at 7am and summited McKenzie Pass where we had epic > > > vies of the surround mountains and lava fields from the Dee Wright > > > Observatory. > > > > My Hilsen handled well although next time I tour like this I'll be on > > > a dedicated touring bike. At times the Hilsen felt a little too > > > noodly. I was absolutely floored by the performance of my Schwalbe > > > Marathons (700x41)--they were great. I expected them to feel dead but > > > they were fine. > > > > We averaged like 82 miles a day. Our shortest day was like 65 miles > > > and the longest 107. I can't wait until the next tour. Although we had > > > poor weather which was a bummer the GPNF seems to offer endless > > > cyclotouring opportunities for people living in Seattle or Portland > > > and everywhere in-between. > > > > My camera crapped out for part of the trip so I don't have photos from > > > day 5 and only a few from day 4 and 6. > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335...@n00/sets/72157622065862878/ > > > > --mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
