Fabulous bike! Homers is sort of best of all worlds. This one is likely going to be my 3rd Riv (so far I have MIT Atlantis and Appaloosa).
Looking forward to hearing more ride reports and ownership experience.. Season's greetings! Ash On Friday, 21 December 2018 16:11:58 UTC-8, tc wrote: > > I'm dumbstruck by the complexity of the blue paint in the new Homer! It > has a depth and almost - almost - an iridescence about it. You really have > to see it in person to appreciate it. > > The light on today's ride highlighted it even more. It was one of those > days when I rode in sunlight for a while, then I entered a more forested > part of the trail where it was like I was riding through the faintest, > almost completely transparent cloud. The holly, moss, and tree bark made > for great complementary colors: > > [image: homer_neuse_21_dec_2018.jpg] > > Here are a few more iPhone pics > <https://photos.app.goo.gl/e8AA6pnu1SwRYjwo8>. > > This bike is smooth as silk. I'm running 42 Cazaderos at about 45 lbs (my > first pair -- and really impressed with the supple ride and their > quietness). I also realized that the 615 wide Ahearne+Map bar with a 130mm > stem on this frame sets the angle of my back at almost exactly the same as > when I do squats, which I guess is the reason it felt so dang easy and > natural to power up hills seated. That was kindof an epiphany for me > today. This Homer is slotted right between the 61 Roadini and the 64 > Atlantis for me. With the seat and bars almost level, this ain't no slow > poke of a bike, by any means. Like a Blug article Will wrote a while back, > upright bars are not 'slow'. If you feel slow with upright bars, that's > you, not the bike :) > > Here's hoping you all have some great rides during your holiday break! If > the rain will hold here off for a while, my goal is a ride per day, which > is extravagant for me! > > Happy Holidays! > Tom > > > > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
