I used SRAM Rival and Red on my pre-Rivendell days. In fact, when I first built my AHH I just used the Rival group I removed from the Gunnar frame I sold and bought the SRAM bar-end shifters. Compact front 172.5mm cranks (2nd generation) and 12-28 rear cassette. I loved it, but at 275 lbs, getting up the hills was quite challenging. After exploring switching to the SRAM XX for the rear, I decided that for the same $$ or even a bit less, I could just switch to a 9 speed triple and get a much wider versatile range of gears, at the expense of more separation between each gear. For a while I ran the Shimano 9speed rear drivetrain with the SRAM compact double crancks, but then swapped the cranks for the triple that Riv sells. I'm very happy with it.
If you are interested in getting my Rival drivetrain with either the brake-shifters or the bar end shifters, send me a separate e-mail. It's almost new and in perfect condition. Regardless of what you end up doing, I'd definitely recommend any of the SRAM versions for your Roadeo with my eyes closed. René -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
