Thank you all for your considered ideas on this bike - its great to hear more about it.
I'm considering it among the Riv lineup as a potential dirt road randonneuring/pass hunting bike. I live and ride at the top of VT in the Northeast Kingdom - if you look at a map, there aren't really any major roads. Its a very rural area, I'm sure there aren't any other Riv bikes, and every ride I do is 95% dirt road. I want something that works well with a front load (15 lbs. or so) and has responsive, flexible tubing. I'm long and lean at 6' 3", 175 lbs. I'm attracted to the Homer because it seems like it might be the bike in Riv's lineup that has the lightest tubing for a bike with good tire clearances ( at least 38 is mandatory for the roads I ride) and center pulls. Any other ideas? If I want a Riv, is this the bike for me? With a PBH of 90, should I go for the 61 or the 63? Thanks folks. Always wonderful having the list's input. On Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 6:33:17 PM UTC-5, ttoshi wrote: > > I have a Homer, Ram (650b for brevets) and a Roadeo, so I am leaning to > the lively side of Riv bikes. I weigh 150 and have a 54 cm 650b Homer. I > have ridden it on a 600k brevet with PariMoto tires and it did great. > After I converted my Ram to 650b (with 42 mm Hetres), I converted the Homer > to my deluxe commuter with rear rack etc. I find the Homer rides with some > spring and flex when I load it up with about 20 lbs of groceries/commute > bags, so I suppose if you weigh 170, the Homer could be ideal (although the > weight distribution would be different than with rear bags). > > Much like the Sam, I think the Homer fits between the brevet/club bike and > the credit card tourer. A wonderful bike no doubt!! > > Toshi > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 3:04 PM, William R. <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> That's awesome. I don't recall seeing that before. Get one if you can! >> >> Bill in Westchester, NY >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
