I have a Rodeo and absolutely love it. It's one of the best riding bikes with Nitto Noodles and Schwalbe Kojaks. The handlebars are up nice and high so it's extremely comfortable. It's on the larger size of frames (59cm) for me but that adds to the Riv character. With that said, I bought a Ritchey Breakaway Titanium Cyclocross bike and really enjoy it. It's much lighter than any of my other bikes. I built it up with Ritchey wheelset, Compass 38mm tires (but can handle a little wider 40-42mm), Sram Apex road brifters and 10 speed Sram MTN drivetrain (42/28 crankset rings) and a 12/36 cassette. It's considerably different than the Rodeo in terms of performance- I can go anywhere off road, on-road, bike camping and travel with it. I just packed it up in it's suitcase to fly from San Diego to Monterey since I'm working there all next week. We'll see how the airlines handle it as luggage. So if I were you, I would consider a high performance titanium bike!
Good luck, Bruce in San Diego On Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 2:32:59 PM UTC-8, dstein wrote: > > I second the Gunnar Sport if no lugs are ok. I have one as my go fast drop > bar bike, setup with a shimano 105 groupset. I had gunnar add some mid fork > brazeons for a front rack where I keep a small trunksack. Best bang for > your buck, I keep trying to replace it but always end up keeping it ;) > > If lugs were a deal breaker I'd go for a waterford or custom. > > On Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 2:21:53 PM UTC-8, cyclot...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> None of them are lugged, but all are great frames: >> >> http://gunnarbikes.com/site/bikes/sport/ >> >> http://www.blackmtncycles.com/p/road-build-kit.html >> >> http://www.somafab.com/archives/product/es >> >> Any of them would build up a lightweight fair-weather roadie with the >> right parts. >> >> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 7:52 PM, Pierre <pierre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi bunch, >>> >>> I found myself increasingly attracted to the the idea of a lightweight >>> (sub-20lbs) Roadeo build. >>> >>> But I already have a drop-bar Hilsen, so tiny part of me tells me I >>> ought to look at alternatives. >>> >>> What's out there? (in term of practical preferably-lugged >>> can-fit-at-least-30mm yet-lightweight comfy frames). >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Pierre >>> >>> -- >>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> David >> >> Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace >> >> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >> >> >> >> -- 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-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
