I wanted to circle back and close out initial impressions on my Roadini. I used it on a road ride with my friend today. I put on the 2nd wheelset, that has Vittoria Corsa Pro 30mm tires. My friend is faster and when we ride together he dials it back, and I push harder than I usually do, and it works out and we have good rides. I was worried that the extra weight (4-5 pounds) and more upright posture would hold be back, so I warned him in advance. I felt really comfortable on the entire 2.5 ride, including a headwind on our way back. I used the drops quite a bit, in part because they're very comfortable. I felt really good and was pleasantly surprised that we probably had our fastest average on those roads. Well done Leo!
On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 1:33:55 PM UTC-5 Jay wrote: > First post here! I've been reading some of the threads and this sounds > like a good place...my new happy place ;-) > > I ordered the dark gold Roadini (57) from the only shop in Canada that > sells Riv (C&L Cycles) and will be picking it up in a few weeks when I'll > be visiting Montreal. > > Looking for this to be a project bike, that evolves over time. For now > though, I had a lot of new / lightly used parts on hand, so I'll be using > those and having the bike shop supply the rest (including some handbill > wheels for some lightly used 43mm GKSS tires I'm using on my Fargo in the > winter). Build will be Shimano 11sp, with DT shifters and Tektro RRL brake > levers, and Tektro brakes. > > Purpose of the bike is all-road (where I live, a lot of that is paved, but > there are gravel roads further out), but will not be used much on local > mixed-surface trails (where the Fargo excels). My current road bike will > be jealous, but I'm not kicking her to the curb just yet! > > Photos to come in February. > -- 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/729ebff1-b622-481f-b5d0-a0875efae489n%40googlegroups.com.
