I think the things that would really make this a "road bike" to me are:
--steeper angles up front, shorter chainstays out back, and a lighter tubeset. IF you make the tubeset as light as it should be, the bike will ride like poop with a rack and moderate load. So limiting things to fender mounts seems sensible. Tighter clearances for brakes and tires are an aesthetic must for some--they make the bike look racey--but it's hard to see how they really make the bike feel more racy once you put some nice 25s on there and are actually riding it. I think clearance for 28s + fenders would be about perfect. Dustin > From: Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:01:56 -0700 (PDT) > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [RBW] Re: new Riv road bike, and my unwanted input for another > > > The clearances on the Ram/Rom were about perfect for a road bike - > 23mm if you like, 27/28mm as road default, but the ability to fit a 35 > (or 37) in there if need be. This makes your road bike "expand- > able" (not *that* kind of expanded) into a great trail bike or even > cyclocross (if you don't have a Legolas in your closet). The Jack > Browns I have on the bike now have taken me over all kinds of terrain, > including singletrack, thanks to David's gutsy Redlands routes: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/3683083953/ > > > > On Jul 8, 9:32 am, Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Even if it's "dead" 1" threadless is pretty easy to do- most 1 1/8" >> stems come with a shim for 1" and then all you need is spacers and a >> headset, which i'm sure Riv could source easily (i think Ritchey makes >> one?). Definitely easier than trying to make a threaded setup work >> with a 1 1/8" headtube. >> >> I love this category of bikes- "common sense" road bikes. Excited to >> see what GP comes up with! >> >> -Jeremy "Owner of Two 1" Threadless Bikes" Till >> >> On Jul 8, 8:25 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> >> >>> on 7/8/09 8:09 AM, Mike at mjawn...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>>> I hope with this new road bike that it'll be a traditional frame like >>>> the Rambouillet or Romulus and not "expanded". I think the expanded >>>> frame totally has a place but so do traditional frames. I wonder how >>>> they'll do the threadless/threaded fork. Does that mean they'll have >>>> two frames made, a threadless with 1 1/8" headtube and a threaded with >>>> a 1" headtube? >> >>> I doubt they'll do two different frames. It would be simpler to simply be >>> able to swap forks. I'd bet 1 1/8" as 1" t/less is pretty dead. >> >>> - J >> >>> -- >>> Jim Edgar >>> cyclofi...@earthlink.net >> >>> Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com >>> Current Classics - Cross Bikes >>> Singlespeed - Working Bikes >> >>> Send In Your Photos! - Here's how:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines >> >>> "Nigel did some work for some of the other riders at Allied, onces who still >>> rode metal. He hadn't liked it when Chevette had gone for a paper frame." >>> -- William Gibson, "Virtual Light" > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
