Looks like a fun bike. Thumbs up!!! On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 4:12:01 PM UTC-8, dstein wrote: > > In my never ending quest for a 700c road-ish bike (for my short ass at > 5'7") with drop bars and wide (over 33mm) tires I've finally landed on a > Rosco Bubbe road! I road the demo a few weeks back and really liked it, it > felt more spritely than other Riv drop bar road-ish bikes I've ridden. I've > never ridden the Rodeo or Legolas but I bet its more along those lines. > > Bought the frame over the holidays when that 10% coupon along with a few > parts I knew I needed to complete a build. Repurposed several others, > including some RM-013 Nitto dirt drop bars I've had hanging around (which I > forgot were 26.0 and sent me looking for a new stem). And was able to score > a really nice A23 wheelset off the ibob list for not too much money. > > Finally got it all together today and was able to take on a short 3-mile > neighborhood jaunt. Love this bike so far. The g-one tires are great, I > thought the clearance on this maxed out at 40mm but I think it'll go 50mm > (not sure what tires I'd want to put on that are wider but open to > suggestions if you got 'em). The one thing I think I'll change is the > sugino xd2 double (40/26) to get a higher top gear, thinking about a 46/30 > (which will allow me to put this double back on the quickbeam as a 40/34 > crank). > > Just in time for more rain and a work trip (hard to complain about rain in > california and the coming weekend is looking nice for an extended ride). > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-An4UyKb862A/WHQlFke5kcI/AAAAAAAAEj8/5ebCvnfW5gQYZ8fKX8fESDZVXdlvk2YlQCLcB/s1600/IMG_0335.jpg> > >
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