Hi Russell, Thanks for the inquiry. I forgot to update my post to mention the racers were already sold. Also, they were blue so I’m not sure if that would have been of interest.
James On Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM Russell Duncan <[email protected]> wrote: > > James, > > I’d be interested in buying those medium reach racers from you. That way > you’ll b able to start a kitty to buy the long reach ones that you need. > > Russell in western Massachusetts > On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 1:20:17 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> 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/d5e13fae-e695-4464-a693-94c7bff60642n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d5e13fae-e695-4464-a693-94c7bff60642n%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/CADHTM5-hDy%2BY4T%3D8f5%3DD8JEdQU2JyPVqroJRY-yQScQxjKZddw%40mail.gmail.com.
