FS: A. Homer Hilsen 65 Bike

[Ben Miller]

A complete Homer Hilsen bike for sale. I reckon Grant designed it to be a gentleman's country bike and I think this one lives up to that. A little beausage, but not much at all. Ernestly ridden over mountains and through valleys, as well as to more leisurely to market. This is one of the first run Homer's, from Toyo in Japan, I believe (I'm sure someone will correct me if it's actually from Waterford). But, it's honestly not got that many a kilometer on it. I'm it's second owner, as the first never rode it at all, due to back issues. It's a sweet whip, but I need room in my stable and it overlaps too much with another bike (too me, at least). Alright, enough prose, here are the brass tacks:

65 cm Rivendell A Homer Hilsen
Sugino Triple (46/36/24)
IRD Triple Front Derailleur
Shiman Deore Rear Derailleur
Silver Down Tube Shifter (Front)
Micro shift R9 brifter (Rear)
Silver Long Reach Brakes
Nitto Dirt Drop Handlebar
Nitto Technomic Quill Stem
Nitto S-83 seat post
SP Dymano Front Hub
Shimano Deore Rear Hub (9 speed)
Shimano 9 speed Rear cassette (11-32T)
Hand built wheels with Velocity Synergy rims (700c)
Soma Supple V 700x40 tyres
Supernova E3 front light plus taillight
Nitto Mark's Front Rack
Nitto Big Back Rack
No pedals/saddle/water bottles/bags (I'll be keeping those)

Those are the particulars. Yeah, the shifting setup is a little odd, but it works well for me. Other than that, it's all Nitto'ed out for your aesthetic pleasure and durability. Ready for any road riding, touring, fire road, or bike camping trip you might want. And into the night or early morning with the dynamo setup. If you're not into nighttime riding or riding with racks we can discuss not including those. I may entertain frame-only offers, but I'd like to sell it more or less as a complete bike.

$2600 seems reasonable. That's what you'd get a frame for and this is without the wait! Link to picture picture below. There are other ones in the feed or I can send them directly if interested. Thanks for reading!

https://instagram.com/p/BG2d_hnl8Rb/

[jim]

Beautiful bike!! Wish I wasn't getting laid off.

Jim in Madison WI

[John G.]

Absolutely, definitely a 65? Not a 63, by any chance?

[Ben Miller]

Absolutely 65 cm. But what's a couple of cm anyways?

[Ryan Fleming]

from tenor to soprano?

[Bill Lindsay]

It's hard to put into words just how 'right' a 700c Hilsen looks with 700x40s and no fenders.  Is that Railroad Grade trail?  The photo is unmistakeably taken FROM Mt Tamalpais.  We're looking over Southern Marin.  Angel Island is in the middle, and Mount Diablo is that peak in the distance on the Left

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA

[Ben Miller]

Thanks Bill. I did fender it for awhile, but some time during the drought they came off and never went back on. I do prefer it fenderless. With all these fires I'd happily fender back up if it brought the rain though :/

Definitely ORRG on Tam. The Homer tackles that no problem. Lots of fun fire roads up there in Marin. Bolinas Ridge, Blythsdale Ridge, and Old Vee are some of my favorite. I've been wanting to ride Pine Mt Fire Rd, but haven't yet. Have you been out there?

[Bill Lindsay]

I have been out there on a road bike recently. San Francisco Randonneurs has a mixed terrain 200k out there and I’ve been pre-riding big chunks of the course. The Marin Mountains 200k was supposed to happen on the 14th but they rescheduled it to the 28th because of the unhealthy air quality.

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito Ca

[Andy Beichler]

That is a beautiful bike.  But, I thought the 65's were double top tube.

[Jim Edgar]

Hey - I accidentally nicked a follow-up comment about the double top tube - GooGroups gives me no way to retrieve it.  

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