This Saturday I took my Roadini and went up Spring Ridge Road (Windy Hill OSP) and descended Crazy Pete's (Coal Creak OSP). https://www.strava.com/activities/9109425331
I had one of those amazing days where I was "on". I set PRs down Crazy Pete's (the last time I did it I was on a MTB with front suspension). The Roadini's 6-8 pounds lighter than my MTB, and without suspension, I felt like I could place my bike on precisely whatever lines I wanted, so much so that when I went at full speed, my friend on her dual suspension CF MTB (a Juliana Furtado) couldn't keep up downhill. I think the drop bars on my Roadini are partly responsible --- the low position feels natural, and the modulation on the Tektro 559s are nothing short of amazing. I remembered that one of Bridgestone's mountain bikes back in the 1980s came with drop bars. I dug around and found this article about "dirt drop" bars: https://g-tedproductions.blogspot.com/2008/10/drop-bar-for-mountain-biking-part-i.html I guess since cycling is so driven by fashion, maybe some day the wheel will turn and drop bars off road will come back into fashion. My experience made me wonder if you designed the frame so that those brake pads are at the bottom of the slots on the Tektro 559s, how big a tire can you fit? I found this video on youtube where someone managed to squeeze a 2" tire on those: https://youtu.be/vGnNkQJz-Fk?t=389 Those of you with AHH or Roadinis, have you tried taking your bikes down rocky/rooty single track? Taking a MTB down those feels like driving a jeep, but riding the Roadini down one feels like you're a sushi chef carving fish with precision --- a completely different feeling. Piaw -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/79e500e9-9837-44fa-ad56-7a188847f7c2n%40googlegroups.com.
