I know this has been pretty well covered by now, but I'm finally going to add my two cents as well. I have ridden a few, but I think that anecdotes are only going to take you so far because of the wide range of preferences on the speed-comfort continuum. Based on your replies, I feel quite confident that both the Homer and the Hillborne would be perfectly suited: comfortable as heck, don't feel overbuilt, not super fast but not sluggish either. If you're fine with caliper brakes I can't find a good reason to push one over the other. My Hillborne has been with me for close to 4.5 years now, I've ridden it 10,400km and counting, and it has been my favourite bike every day that I've owned it. I flip-flop between Albatross and Noodles and it's great with either.
If you aren't buying right away, the upcoming Charlie H Gallop would be a worthy contestant too, I'm betting. I had the prototype and it was a compelling combination of the long wheelbase Rivs with the lighter tubing Rivs. On Saturday 2 March 2024 at 10:56:38 UTC-8 cfic...@gmail.com wrote: > I really like the Rivendell approach to bikes and bike technology with the > idea of a more upright posture and a long wheelbase for long rides at a > comfortable pace, but it seems like the models all lean heavily to what > they call "country bikes." I like to ride from my house, and that means > riding almost exclusively on smooth (mostly) pavement. Can anyone suggest > which models are better suited for road riding? Reading and comparing the > descriptions, it seems that the Homer might be a good choice, or possibly > the Appaloosa or Atlantis? Or the new Charlie Gallop, though I haven't > heard much about how it is supposed to ride? I tried a Roadini (which I > recently listed here and sold), but I think it was too big for me. I never > felt comfortable on it. Maybe I just needed it in the right size. > > I would like the bike to work well with drop bars because of the multiple > hand positions and they're just what I'm used to. I tried a bike with swept > bars recently, but found I wasn't comfortable on longer rides. And when > riding on streets with minimal shoulder width, I felt like I was going to > catch the end of them on mailboxes or other obstacles. Maybe there's a > handlebar in Rivendell's catalog that works well for road riding? > > I'd appreciate any comments, especially if someone does this type of > riding and has tried several of these models. Thanks. > > Chuck > -- 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/51913a7e-3607-4dad-ad1c-f05b1e64ab55n%40googlegroups.com.
