I found this thread very helpful. Thanks Jason for asking. I have wondered the same thing. The input from both Toshi and Luis have helped me to a better understanding of the differences in ride qualities.
I'm also curious about how and when the long stay trend began. Is there blog entry? I remember something about a Surly Big Dummy used for cargo runs about the time some experimental builds. Cheers, Mark On Friday, November 15, 2019 at 10:50:01 AM UTC-5, Jason Fuller wrote: > > Hi all, I apologize if this has been discussed to death already but I > couldn't find this specific topic discussed by searching. > > I am curious if anyone here has riding experience with both the new > geometry Homer's and the old Waterford version, as they are extremely > different looking bikes! I can buy into the notion that most people ride > bikes with too-short chainstays, but I have to admit, I cannot fathom > wanting to ride a bike with 475mm stays for sporty purposes. I was very > excited to see the price come down, but the new geometry was a deal-breaker > for me. I adore the original Homer, at least on paper (and on screen) but > the new version just does not 'look' sporty at all - but I fully realize > you can't tell how it rides by staring at it! > > My thought was it's an artifact of Grant's changing priorities as he gets > older, which is completely valid, but I'm not ready to go there yet (still > in my 30's, so hanging onto sportier geometry!). As such, I bought one of > the final Sam Hillbornes because I viewed it as the last of that generation > of Rivendell, the generation that I identify with. > > Maybe one day I'll find a 52cm Homer with the old geometry, but I am > really hoping there is a new model coming out in the coming years that will > fill the gap between the new Homer and the 700c road models. It feels like > a pretty big gap to me! > > Photo of my Sam attached for viewing pleasure. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/080f119d-f34b-4533-ac12-a758294bf4ab%40googlegroups.com.
