The Roadeo won't take 38's, certainly not with fenders. I think 35s are the tops. I was riding 32s for a while but now am running 25s, but I'm switching back to 32s and fenders for the winter. The bike rides great with those tire widths on 22 wide aluminium rims (I have been using Rolf Vigor RS wheels....I know, I know, totally not Riv approved, but they have been awesome wheels for the riding I'm doing.) I feel a little bit more responsive with the 25s in pacelines, when I get into them.
On Monday, September 21, 2015 at 9:08:40 PM UTC-5, Will wrote: > > This is so true. I test rode a 7 Ti with all the high end stuff (fancy > brifters, and so on), because I was looking to buy my Last Bike. > > It was way less fun than my Atlantis with the old school drive train. > > I'd love to ride a Roadeo. I want 36 spoke wheels. I want fenders. I want > 38mm tires (at least). 2 pounds here or there is absolute nonsense. My > carbon friends will eventually figure this out, until then I will get > grief. > > I've had a lot of bikes. You get what you pay for. Rivs are big $$$. They > are worth it. > > On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 10:12:49 PM UTC-5, Don Compton wrote: >> >> Patrick, >> When I was young and stupid, high performance cars were my bad habit. I >> was a golfer ( all Pac 8 1974 ) and loved cars. Well, I had suffered from >> back problems , even in college. At the ripe old age of 33, I replace >> jogging with cycling. I eventually replaced golf with road cycling. I have >> never raced. I just didn't want to have the same love-hate with winning and >> losing that I had with golf. >> Well, I just enjoyed cycling so much ( meeting new friends who became >> longterm friends ) and the wonderful obsession began. After our kids grew >> up and left home my wife entered the sport. >> After some major digression from the original discussion, I want to tell >> you this story. I have bought so many bikes( you can't even imagine and I >> still think that Grant 's designs are so perfect for club riders), I just >> ride my Roadeo. I currently weigh 186 and have been as low as 162 in the >> last years. Frame weight is so overrated. Underatted is how fun it is to >> have a great handling bike with all your shifters and whatever working >> flawlessly. Nobody is going to race a Roadeo, but many are missing out on >> the fun of riding at lower levels of effort and enjoying a bike that rides >> and handles like a Roadeo. >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 9:21:36 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>> If I had much more money than I do, the one Rivendell I'd buy in a snap >>> would be a Roadeo. >>> >>> (Tho' I'd love a Hunq and an Atlantis too. And a Legolas. But the Roadeo >>> would top the list.) >>> >>> Thanks for the descriptions of handling. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:18 AM, RJM <crccp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Yeah, these Roadeos make great road bikes. I have the saddle on mine >>>> about even with the stem, which I find comfortable and I can still use the >>>> drops on my Mark's bar fine. >>>> >>>> I'm generally passing people while decending and this bike gives me >>>> total confidence while doing so, even when the road twists and turns. I >>>> did >>>> a rather difficult 62 mile charity ride on this past Saturday that was >>>> hilly and ridiculously windy (no tailwinds either because it just turned >>>> out that way) and the bike was fine. I was tired afterwards, but never >>>> once >>>> uncomfortable. This specific route had some truly terrible roads on it, >>>> something which I actually brought up with the organizer. One downhill was >>>> just destroyed and had that gravelly (sp?) loose chip stuff all over it; >>>> apparently this was a failed attempt to fix the various potholes and >>>> irregularities. I was glad I had the Roadeo on that one and other riders >>>> were complaining up a storm afterwards because of the condition and how >>>> they had to slow way down. I didn't slow down because the bike can handle >>>> that stuff fine. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 10:26:02 PM UTC-5, Don Compton wrote: >>>> >>>>> After someone had questions about Roadeos on the IBOB group, I thought >>>>> I would give and update. >>>>> Over the years ( 63 yo) I have had so many bikes. I never raced, just >>>>> was an active club rider. A few centuries a year and mostly 35-50 mile >>>>> rides. >>>>> Okay I am an old fart, but the stability of Grant's handling dynamics >>>>> makes for a wonderful bike on long rides, especially hilly ones. There's >>>>> just something special about cruising down a hill at above 30 and >>>>> floating >>>>> over the marginal bumps and feeling confident missing the potholes from >>>>> hell. And to top it off, The frames are works of art. >>>>> And then there's the fit. I need my bars high. I run my bars <1cm >>>>> below my saddle. It allows me to have a proper tilt on my saddle and less >>>>> hands problems on long rides. >>>>> Don Compton >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >>> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >>> Other professional writing services. >>> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >>> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >>> >>> ************************************* >>> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >>> circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and >>> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >>> >>> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* Carthusian motto >>> >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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