I have a 55cm Roadeo with an 83 PBH. Mark said I could have gone with a 56, too, but I landed with a comfortable set up using a 7cm stem and drops that have a 78mm reach. I usually consider a 7cm stem a little on the short side for a road bike, but I have shorter than average arms for my height. I've had road bikes in the past with steeper angles and lower bars but my Roadeo feels just as fast and more comfortable. You also don't need to use drop bars on your Roadeo if you don't want to. I've used flat SimWorks bars with Paul thumbies for a while and Rich also has a Roadeo that doesn't use drops. When it comes to using the bike for club riding, I think a Roadini will feel similar to the Roadeo, but both of those will feel more road-ish than the other models.
Lastly, if you decide to opt for a Roadeo, you can't go wrong by calling or sending an email to Mark for his advice. On Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 12:33:50 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > I’m starting to wonder about a roadbike. But it has to be a Rivendell > roadbike because I’m loyal and all that. Anyway, I don’t know that the > Roadini really offers enough of a change for me. I have no idea what is > going on with the Gallup. Then there’s the Roadeo - that one looks great > but there’s a 2 year wait, unless I can find one used. Which would be > ideal. > > Who rides their Rivbike in club rides and what do you ride? Who has a > Roadeo that never gets ridden and wants to sell it? I don’t even know what > size I’d be but I’m an 81 PBH. Must I ride drop bars? I never have before. > I know nothing about any of this. Clearly. > > Note: I still like my raspberry Platypus for club riding but it does take > a toll on me in wind. I recently got a shorter-height, longer-reach stem > which marginally helped, but our high spring winds are taking it out of me. > I did a club ride yesterday with my women’s group and my heart rate was in > the 170s the whole 26.3 miles. It was brutal. Everyone else agreed it was a > hard ride, but I felt like it was harder on me than them, and I’m the > youngest and probably the most fit. > > Leah > -- 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/35a5477b-6c28-469d-8977-44410f6f710fn%40googlegroups.com.
