Wow, that is some cool info to know. Thanks Keith! I had heard that Grant was a big reason for the R559s but didn’t know his input was considered for long reach Racers.
On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM iamkeith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 10:56:55 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > > > I recently scored a pair of Racers for my Homer and upon installation, I > discovered my 50cm frame requires a long reach set, even for the 650b > wheels they are designed around. > > > Something you'll find interesting (and that hopefully doesn't come across > as rubbing salt in a wound) is that, in fact, the long-reach Paul Racer was > designed around the A. Homer Hillsen - not the other way around. > > More specifically, Paul designed the Racer at a request by Grant, to > enable the production of a new bike he had designed, and through which he > wished to reintroduce the world the obsolete 650b wheel size, called the > Saluki. The Saluki later had it's name changed to A. Homer Hillsen, with > no other changes (at least in your frame size). > > The original point of using the 650b wheels in this exercise was to allow > for fatter tires, not unlike people achieve with conversions of 700c bikes, > but with no compromises in geometry. Purpose-built. > > But it's all cool, because the Tektro brake was ALSO created specifically > at the behest of, and with input from, Rivendell! > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e8309610-a952-444d-ab6d-bdf55d1a7564n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e8309610-a952-444d-ab6d-bdf55d1a7564n%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CADHTM59wvOqE1DhYjh4vH6dQ26ouSuDH4m%3D10jt%2BLbmXdRn72g%40mail.gmail.com.
