Deepak, What a wonderful ride. I have both a Homer (Toyo) and an Atlantis (MIT). I love them both. First, I wonder whether the under-25 pounds figures you have seen are for Toyo (1st gen) or Waterford (2nd gen) Homers. They had different geometry and used different tubes that may explain the gap between your 28# and the 25# yo've seen.
Second, I often think about replying to questions about how one might cut the weight of their bike but have never replied. I strongly believe how one builds their bike, the components they select, should reflect its intended primary use. If going as fast as you can (e.g., racing) is paramount, cutting weight without sacrificing strength, handling or safety is sensible. On the other hand, as is the case for me, if you ride for exercise, fun and health, I can't think of a good reason to look for ways to pare the bike's weight. How much bike/rider weight you push around, as Grant Peterson has noted, is mostly a reflection of the rider's weight even in your case. In addition, pushing around a 25# bike is a weight savings to you of only about 1.5% of total (bike+rider) weight. While this is pretty negligible, the added weight should be better for health, strength, stamina, etc. Not much better, I admit, but this thinking has stopped me from focusing on weight and not the joy of riding. I don't know whether this is any help. I hope so. Steve Cole Arlington, Virginia On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 5:19:01 AM UTC-4 brendonoid wrote: > Your Homer looks perfect and I would second everything that Roberta has > just said. > Looking at your build in that photo the only things you could lose weight > on are all utility comfort things. > The saddle, Dyno, kickstand and brass bell are all weight saving > opportunities but also things that I personally would consider 'worth the > weight'. > > -- 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/f01239de-79c0-41f1-b1cc-7cb860468803n%40googlegroups.com.
