Looks great, and I'd love to get one! But now how do I convince myself that it will really and truly make me faster than my Kirk?
http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww336/dn_sharp/IMG_0706.jpg Ya know, it must be all that wind resistance from my cantis! That's right, I need a bike with caliper brakes, and Soba bars, and brifters. Dustin "excuses, excuses" Sharp San Diego, CA > From: CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:36:15 -0700 > To: rbw group <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [RBW] A Little Roadeo Preview - Q&A with GP > > > Hey there - > > Grant was kind enough to share some info about the Roadeo, which follows in > this email. He was also kind enough to share the prototype photo, which > appears via my blog (the text is the same in both): > > http://ramblings.cyclofiend.com/?p=376 > > ----------------------- > > Hi Jim, > We got the first prototype Roadeo yesterday, and Mark built it up and rode > it, likes it a lot. We'll have something on the site soon, but in the > meantime, here are some Assumed FAQ's: > > 1. Why does it look so unRivendellish? > a. It IS steel, it IS lugged, it HAS a fork crown and a nice fork rake. You > CAN fit a 35mm tire. It has longish (by race bike standards) chainstays, and > a lowISH bottom bracket. It has a clamp-on front derailer. All quite in > keeping with all of our bikes. > > 2. Threadless? > a. Done it before, with the Legolas. The Roadeo will be available threaded > or threadless, same price, your choice. > > 3. That price? > a. $2,000 frame and fork. And we'll have some package options---likely a > club-rider-racerish package with a road double and SRAM brifters for around > $4,200; and a country-ish version, probably with a triple....for $3,600. > Specs to be determined, but one racey, one normal....with mixitup > flexibility, whatever one likes. > > 3. Who makes it? > a. 'ford. > > 4. Colors? > a. white with red; white with blue; any color you like except white or > cream, with cream. > > 5. Tubing? > a. Mix of Reynolds 725 and TrueTemp OX Plat. As thin as I/Grant could stand > to go. (0.65 butts in the tt and dt, with 0.45 bellies) > > 6. Frame weight? > a. Well, man, the prototype frame here weighs 4lb 3oz, in a 55cm. Now, there > are ways to trim another half pound off it, but not without getting super > ridiculous. We're shooting for 3.9999999999999xinfinity pounds, and think we > can get there by trimming a lug, using a narrower crown, monkeying around > with the chainstay brake bridge, possibly using a different bb shell and > seat tube. But that's it! Then it'll weigh what it weighs, and it's over. > > 7. Whole bike? > a. as shown, 20.7. with four ounces off the frame, three off the fork (we > can do this easily on a threadless), and something else, we can get it to > 19.9999999999999 pounds with Jack Brown greens. > > Some spec notes: The best brakes for it are the Tektro Bigmouth 57s. They're > super light, and allow 35mm+ tires, releasable without deflating. The photo > shows a SRAM crank--Mark picked all the parts for it--but we may go with a > D/A compact. It's all up to Mark (I just designed the frame). > > Geometry: Eventually the particulars will go onto our site, but I hate > taking about decimal metric numbers as though the decimals matter and the > numbers reveal the essence of the frame. I don't like stubby chainstay even > a little, but I don't want my preference for 44.5+cm chainstays to smite > this bike before it leaves the gates, and in the big pic 43/43/5 is plenty > fine, and if it works for Mark, it'll work for anybody. The rest of the > numbers are right down the middle of our lane, with a slight Mark-'fluence, > because Mark has that 'fluence, and he knows. I may get a 59, so I jogged a > little with the numbers for the 59, designing it just for me, but it'll be > fine for anybody who fits it. I think the bb is a few mm lower than the 57 > and the 61---77 or 78 instead of 75. Not significant, but it'll allow me the > clearance I want with the fatties I'll ride on it. > > Who the bike is for: > Club riders who weigh under 210lbs and who aren't looking to load it up or > ride it on trails. We have other bikes for that, and the Roadeo is for road > riding with minimal gear. There are no rack eyelets (reinforces the message) > but there are fender eyelets on the dropouts. > > ANYBODY is welcome to come by and ride it, and we should have another > prototype in a month or so. Maybe another Mark's size, or maybe mine, not > sure. > > It is every bit as zippy as any road bike, and a lot more useful, comfy, > safe...and lower priced than a lot of them.. > > G > > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
