Photos of The Stable - Part 1/4: A. Homer Hilsen
Collin A
Hi Folks,
I am working on a few pet projects with the fleet, now that I have way more time to spend at home. I started with my Fiancé's 47.5 Homer shown below, courtesy of Rivendell and my parts bin (courtesy of some of you folks!).
It had a nitto basket rack (now with a basket), dynamo wheelset from my clem, SKS P45 fenders, Paul Comp Racer Brakes with Dia Compe levers, Rene Herse 650x42 Babyshoe Pass, Brooks saddle, and bosco bars, set up as 1x9 wth an ultegra/wolftooth combo. After the delivery of the bike and a few round-the-park rides, we decided there were a few modifications that needed to be made. See below for Homer Mk. II
This iteration includes the B&M dynamo lights, basket, New Albion/Sugino crankset with the Silver Chainguard (the stock one was just a plain sheet of aluminum) and a wolftooth narrow-wide chainring, Sackville banasax and a safety pizza to round out the food-themed accessories. Oh, also Pitlock skewers as it serves as a commuter (in the "before-times") and round-towner in addition to a levee explorer and brewery pickup bike on the weekends. The main driver for the drivetrain mods was not having pants get snagged, and that a silver crankset looks better! The 1x drivetrain was a keeper mainly for it’s simplicity.
See the album with more photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/tc27ZpJR9X6umU9h9
The next iteration may involve switching the 650x42 with 48s in the form of the switchback hills, assuming they fit, and that the fenders end up being more of a nuisance. That will depend on the general use of the bike over the next year, but I think for now it is in a good place and she is happy with how the bike rides.
Hope everyone is doing well! I’ll get to the other bikes in the ol’ stable as they slowly get finished up in the next couple of weeks.
