Andrew: I'm another one interested in your experiences + or - with the Roadini. So, pray, bear with me while I ask probing questions.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 9:39 AM Andrew Turner <andyreedtur...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... I bought the Roadini 1 size down thinking it could still be quick but > extra plush. Long story short me and the Roadini just don't see eye to eye > at this particular junction. Please describe in terms of cycling experience -- handling, comfort, "feel" -- as in whether one sits "on" or "in" the bicycle, sluggishness or twitchiness, and so on -- what you felt about the 57 cm Roadini. This time around, I didn't like how neutral it felt whether I was riding > 8mph or 35mph, it felt underwhelming. Different strokes for different folks > I suppose. What exactly do you mean by "neutral" and "underwhelming"? Note: I fully understand the difference between metaphor and analytical description but there is a connection between the 2 modes of expression. Please expand on what you mean by "neutral" and "underwhelming." I can guess. I had a second-gen Ram. Very nice bike, but I too found it, while pleasant, in some sense "underwhelming" and excessively "neutral." My own vocabulary is "staid." By comparison with my benchmark bikes, the Ram, while superlatively neutral at speed in a straight line (a Riv quality), was just a bit too slow in turn-in. To use an emotional metaphor: "a wee bit dull." (Note that my benchmark bike is my 1999 Riv Road custom gofast fixed gear designed by Grant around light, short 26" wheels.) But please elaborate. Was I close? Patrick Moore, who, God willing, will one day build up that much-bruited early 1970s *tout 531* Libertas [5.9 lb 60 X 56 c-c with steel Campy hs!!] with 38 mm tires for a road-like pavement gofast combined with tires and gearing sufficient for firm-dirt explorations. -- 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/CALuTfgsmLE3KsAz%2Bz5MDUgG7s4y5GOXDo71h1u81cxJd2wh7Kw%40mail.gmail.com.
