+1 on responses prioritizing comfort.
I haven't done any official randonneuring but I have ridden across the country with a small group on a light credit card touring ride and every summer I try to ride some self-inflicted centuries. When I was first approached about the cross country ride I realistically assessed my RB-1 as not up to it. I was sore, stiff and not very functional after anything more than four hours of riding it. I spoke to Grant about possibly a Riv custom and he told me about the upcoming Rambouillet and I bought one. Predictable handling, responsive to inputs and comfortable for long (8-12 hours) days of riding. Really great. My only addition is to consider what your load situation would be. I found that as I took on a bit more gear and anticipated more unpaved than I did for the mostly state road trek coast to coast the envelope of any bike can be reached. My Ram with fenders maxes out with 32mm tires and being moderate to high trail it doesn't tolerate loading in the front well and doesn't have braze ons to encourage such. This means if I head out for a few days my load in my Carradice Nelson Longflap saddlebag with a Bagman support adds to the already rear heavy distribution of just me on the bike and requires keeping the inflation of the rear tire to be higher, limiting the comfort of the 32s over time. A model with clearance for more tire width would be the next consideration Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 4:52:59 PM UTC-4 Dick Combs wrote: > Looking for opinions/thoughts on the best Riv for Brevets, 200-400K rides. > Looking for current models as well as older models. Thanks -- 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/03a4f800-ab2f-4e73-a12f-4d4d3fae3475n%40googlegroups.com.
