I have a Waterford Homer, 54 cm, and I weigh 150 lbs. I put about 30 lbs of groceries in panniers in the back and the bike felt great, and if I knew what "planing" was, then I would say the bike was planing because it felt springy when I was out of the saddle. If I were 180 lbs and 30 lbs in the back, then maybe it would get noodlely?
Why not just load up the bike and see how it feels. For me, I'm sure it would work great... Toshi On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 3:25 PM Mike Godwin <spokenhu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a MUSA Homer years ago, 2005-ish or so. With a Nitto rear rack, my > return trip from TJs with both panniers loaded displayed whippy behavior. > OK for the short rides from the grocery store or TJs, but I would not like > handling even for a S24H. Frame was 61 cm for your consideration. > > Mike SLO CA > On Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 12:18:59 PM UTC-7 Ryan wrote: > >> 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/23b25dff-a2c4-4aa5-9720-cb8efba56c7fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/23b25dff-a2c4-4aa5-9720-cb8efba56c7fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAGB59xzdyN2fsbcLqLqYCsB0Nky5HnGOodCOJ1w5CWY6ahN5_g%40mail.gmail.com.
