Grant will gladly discuss these issues with you, based on my experience asking him about TAIHomer vs. Roadini vs. MUSARoadeo. I was researching this all in depth for my latest purchase. I wanted the lightest tubing set they make because I knew the usual Riv 8/5/8 frames fight against me on hills. Needed something that cooperates better for me. I just can't power an 8/5/8. He understood that TaiHomer and Roadini might not be what I am looking for.
The Roadeo is made specifically for road riding and not for touring/commuting/off road. But I use it for all road riding, includung commuting, because I carry small loads on the saddle bag and 6/4/6 works better for me. Easier to get up hills. Noticeably. I think the Legolas and MUSARoadeo are the thinnest tubing specs they ever made on production bikes and they still make the mUSA Roadeo in regular production for now. Legolas as a custom I think. So for me, it was about getting a frame that just makes it easier to pedal along.. The only thing I give up is the ability to use 42mm tires. But it works great with 32mm tires and I am happy with that size. Cannot do fenders unless I use 28mm tires. Of course, 42 with fenders would be great, but then I would have to be on an 8/5/8 Rivbike, which I already know, after owning 4 of them, that it would not be worth the hardship getting up hills and fighting the bike. The 32mm is fine for me on the Roadeo. The 28mm with fenders on the Rambouillet as foul weather bike is fine. I can always go back to 650b x 42 on the Ram if I want the wider tires and the conversion works perfect on the Ram. Would not work good on Roadeo because fendering a Roadeo would be harder to do as the chainstay bridge is really far from where the fender would have to engage it. So, with these not being one size fits all bikes, you have to think about what is the most important for you and be willing to compromise on the rest or have a second bike to fulfill your other wishes. -- 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.
