The Roadini is a very nice looking bike, too. I hope this does not sound superficial, but I enjoy the head badge, the decals, and the painted cutouts on the seat lug more than if it were just 2 pounds lighter! Also, I rode a 'Redwood' (tall Romulus) frame back in the 2000's and really liked it, but the Roadini is a more advance frame design in general (long head tube, sloping top tube, wheel clearance, and more.). I have an old Calfee carbon frame I got used. It is very light. But I hardly ride it. Why? Hard to say, but I suspect that it has a lot to do with how the Roadini feels 'planted' or secure (words fail me here), but on the human level, I just prefer the look of the Roadini-- it has character and a timeless beauty that makes the sum of all its parts more than just a 'fast bike', a 'super light frame', or even a practical 'get the job done' machine. And, of course, it is always comfortable! This is key: the Roadini does not cause neck pain, back pain, hand tingling or stress from the worry of going down if I hit a pot hole. I won't be selling mine.
On Friday, January 28, 2022 at 12:48:36 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > Well said, Karl. Add to that the probably (I've not ridden one) signature > Rivendell handling of the Roadini* and the pros may well outweigh the cons. > And of course, weighing the balance between pros and cons is largely a > matter of individual taste. > > Patrick Moore, ruthlessly botton-trimming his replies, in ABQ, NM. > > * I certainly loved this in the customs, and found it in the Ram and even > in the Sam, tho' the same had too much wheel flop for my taste. > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 1:31 PM Karl Wilcox <kwi...@weimar.edu> wrote: > >> It might be helpful when considering a Roadini to observe that frame >> stiffness or compliance are not the only things that matter. I find my >> Roadini stiffer than I prefer, but the >> Roadini offers other features that I just can't find in other production >> frames. For instance, the roadini fits me perfectly and I can get my bars >> up higher without making the bicycle appear silly or handle funny (my bars >> are exactly 1 inch below my saddle height). Also, I can ride 33c tires (I >> have the 2018 roadini), and the long wheelbase is wonderful. The Roadini >> is also versatile: I ride it on trails and on pavement. I can ride with >> fast club rides and I can do light touring, too. I have a 1977 custom >> Mercian that is wonderfully compliant, but on fast descents it can be scary >> and it cannot carry any kind of load. My point is that the Roadini has >> many virtues, but no individual frame can be any other frame. >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2d381d54-7fdf-43a3-9884-5b3939c3950dn%40googlegroups.com.
