Are you considering getting the Roadini now anyway and using one of the longer pull brakes? That’s what I would do, because I use those brakes on another bike, and I think they’re good. And I’d enjoy the extra clearance.
Good luck, Jim > On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:28 AM, Alan H <ahey...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Looking for some feedback from folks here about the orange Roadinis. > > Last week I placed an order for one of the new orange Roadinis in a size 50 > (thanks to my darned 80 cm pbh). After a week without any news from Riv (and > having my cc charged), I called to find out when the bike would ship. I was > told that they had received a lot of orders and were running a light crew > because of Interbike and that my bike would pack and ship yesterday (Friday). > > Yesterday I got a call from Vince saying that there was a problem. He told me > that the brake bridge on the orange Roadini frames was in the wrong place and > that standard road brake calipers wouldn't work. While he told me the frame > would work with longer pull brakes (like Tektros or Pauls), frames with the > correct brake bridge wouldn't be back in until December. > > Needless to say I'm a little disappointed and frustrated, especially since I > logged on here today and saw folks talking about their new orange Roadinis. > Has anyone else gotten a similar story from Riv? > > On a related topic, since I'm apparently not getting a Roadini, does anyone > have experience with Soma's road frames? In particular I like the look of the > Stanyan <https://www.somafab.com/archives/product/stanyan-18-frame-set> in > pearl white. It has a geometry similar to their ES model and is a fully > lugged steel frame at a very attractive price point. The Roadini was > obviously my first choice, but I wonder how the Soma stacks up in terms of > build and ride qualities. > > Thanks in advance for you input! > > -Alan > > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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.
