Except that the OP is specifically asking about his Homer. Not to nit pick ...😊
Ryan (retired software developer/current linguistics student...so you know where I'm coming from) On Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 8:27:21 AM UTC-5 Greg J wrote: > I would not hesitate to tour on the Sam, although I suppose it depends on > what you're carrying and how long you're going for. I've toured on a > Rambouillet and a Road Standard with a full set of panniers on weeklong > trips, and it was fine. You say "road touring," so I assume you're not > planning on carrying a week's worth of food, etc. With a reasonable load, > the Sam should be fine - try it and report back! > > On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 7:22:03 PM UTC-7 John Hawrylak wrote: > >> The AHH uses Oversized (OS) tubing (1-1/8" TT & 1-1/4" DT), which is more >> rigid than Standard (Std) tubing (1" TT & 1-1/8" DT) which most of the >> frames discussed are. The extra 1/8" increased diameter results in a OS >> tube having about the same rigidity as a Std tube which is thicker by >> 0.2mm. >> >> It seems the AHH uses OS tubes with butting of 0.8mm x 0.5mm x 0.8mm, >> which is fairly thin tubing. Grant never stated what tubing thickness he >> uses. This would be have the same rigidity as s Std tube of 1.0mm x 0.7mm >> x 1.0mm. IF the AHH tubing is thicker than what I stated, THEN it the >> equivalent rigid Std tube would be thicker >> >> My 1988 Schwinn Voyaguer (a full touring frame) uses Std Columbus Tenax >> tubing which by everything I can find has a 1" TT of 0.9mm x 0.7mm x 0.9mm >> and a 1-1/8" DT of 1.0mm x 0.7mm x 1.0mm. So a AHH has tubing which is as >> rigid as the 88 Voyageur which was sold as full touring bike. If the AHH >> tube is thicker than 8-5-8, then it is even more rigid than the 88 Voyaguer. >> >> John Hawrylak >> Woodstown NJ >> >> On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 12:12:05 PM UTC-4 Tirebiter ATX wrote: >> >>> I have a question or the group. I ride a Homer and considering using it >>> for road touring. Since its not by definition a touring Rivendell, is >>> loaded touring pushing the envelope for this bike? >>> >>> thanks, >>> Lyman ATX >>> >> -- 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/64bb54a9-efea-46ed-be7b-92bcfae7b193n%40googlegroups.com.
