A Roadeo doesn't take 38mm or 44mm tires. It sounds like Laing needs something more like an A. Homer Hilsen with its unsightly versatility stripped away.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Monday, February 5, 2018 at 2:12:32 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > Perhaps you could get a Roadeo and invite Patrick Moore to come visit you > in Florida and tell him to bring his Dremel. He can remove those unsightly > fender eyelets for you, having had practice at this... > > Per the Riv web site: > > *The **Roadeo** is our answer to speedy carbon road bikes that cost the > same or more, last one-fifth as long or less, and aren't as safe, > comfortable, versatile or good-looking.* > > *It's the bike to get for speedy riding without racks and bags, except for > maybe a seat or bar bag. Basically, it's not a "light touring" bike, or > anything of the sort. It's a bike for swift solo rides and fast club rides, > where riding is the thing, as opposed to doing something on your bike.* > > Sure sounds like *exactly* what you're describing, except for the eyelets. > > On 02/05/2018 04:59 PM, lconley wrote: > > A fenderless, rackless lugged road frame. I have lots of bikes with > fenders and racks and lights with all sorts of braze-ons. What I want is a > "road racing" look frame, as-in no eyelets on the front or rear dropouts or > forks or seatstays, no kickstand plate. Everything else can be the same - > long chainstays, long top tube, relaxed geometry, 700c x 38 or 44, etc. > Centerpulls or cantilevers would be ok as long as the cable stop and > posts were brazed onto the seatstays and forks. Half chromed forks and > seatstays would be wonderful. Just a clean road bike that rides like a Riv. > Not very likely. Not even sure that it could happen on a custom. Basically, > I want a fatter tired, higher handlebar (still drops) cross between my old > Masi and my Paramount. > > Laing > Cocoa, FL > > > > -- > Steve Palincsar > Alexandria, Virginia > USA > > -- 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.
