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unless it’s a wide clear road or track, permitting the opportunity to do a quick sideways snaking like Alaskan recommended, that can get you out of trouble occasionally on very quiet clear tracks

With the standard speed CX I’ve never found a hill steep enough to warrant standing, but then again I’m not the most exiting of riders, in my sixties with a neuropathic disability in my feet which makes it difficult to sense where the pedals are under my feet, leaving me quite reluctant to do...

I tend to go for a lower gear than I think I might need at the base of a steep hill, just to be on the safe side, especially if off road or a very sudden turn before a steep climb, say a sharp 25% gradient immediately after setting off or turning a sharp corner. I would go in 4 or 5, then work...

Hi Rudym. The Cykel/Yakima rack weighs 17.3kg in 2-bike form and can legally carry 2x30kg bikes (60kg), this is very important here in Europe, where most cars have around a 80kg hitch weight limit. It costs about £450 brand new, but can be found used for as little as £125, which makes it very...

Hi Dave, since the last comment I posted on using this rack for my Homage last year - I’ve found an even better rack than the Thule EasyFold XT you picture (it’s not marketed as Thule Velospace here in U.K.). The new rack I have is the Cykell, been around years, done in both 2 & 3 bike...

The video is very professional and inspirational, great part of the world too I’d say. Assuming the two-bike version of the Thule rack is similar to the U.K. version (apart from the lights), the 2021 Homage must have quite different geometry to the one your wife has or something else is very...

I am 6ft and have a 54cm 2021 Homage with Rohloff. Firstly, in my experience it’s a great bike, but it’s not an easy bike to mount safely on a tow bar carrier, so keep that in mind if collecting it from your supplier by car. As already said, after a few hundred miles changing gear suddenly...

I have now had several conversations via email with Thule support, all sorts of excuses about not supplying structural parts of their carriers that could be misused. I suggested that they could supply it as a dealer only upgrade, but all that followed were more excuses, common sense just...

I have checked with Thule via their support ticket system and received their official response this morning - “I am sorry, but we do not supply that part separately“. This is short sighted by Thule and will result in people doing their own mods in my opinion, like getting their local...

I tried again to be sure today and I'm definitely not able to get a happy position on the 2-bike carrier I have (Thule 932), the back rail is just too short, making the angle too great for the jaws. My Homage has a 54cm frame so that could be an additional factor here. My front wheel is only...

I can see that your grab arm doesn’t seem to look as angled as mine does in the same place with the 932 and the Homage on the outer track, how odd. No matter how I try I cannot get both edges of the jaw to clamp to the seat stem at all, only opposing upper and lower jaws (one each side, very...

To test the difference in the height of the 932 (not 931 as I thought I had) - I went and borrowed a 934 (XT3) and whilst its a much more cumbersome carrier, it accommodates the homage much better than the two bike carrier. Rather frustratingly, the back carrier rail looks identical and...

The easyfold 932 is only about 20” from the aluminium (top surface) deck to the top of the frame, is the 933 any higher? The other thing I note is that the rail or bar on the 934 which is at least 24” tall and looks like it would be interchangeable with the 931 or 933 rail, isn’t in Thule’s...

I have the Homage and Thule Easyfold 932 and I load it exactly as per your photo (the only way it will fit on in fact), but it has concerned me each time I use it because the grip is weak, due to the height of the rail that holds the bike holder arm being about 80mm below the lowest position...

I ordered the Crank brothers levers, a pair of Tannus armour inserts and matching Panarace self-adhesive Kevlar liners. All installed on my Homage, with original Johnny Watts 2.35 tyres, was quite challenging to fit, technique being most important, followed closely by the right tyre levers for...

I'm very new to this, so apologies in advance if I do the wrong thing. Thanks to David for his comments, very much appreciated, especially the adhesive and level of difficulty fitting. I'm going invest in the Panaracer and Tannus upgrades with the existing Johnny Watts I think. I do like the...

Sorry if this is an old thread, but does anyone have any recommendations for a particular glue, for gluing in the Panarace Kevlar liners, they sound like a good idea? I have a new Homage Rohloff and have had a puncture in the first 100 miles (not a pleasant experience). The new Johnny Watts...