> Lovely; and exactly my size. I'd swap out the Brooks for a Flite, old style, > and the Noodles for 44 cm 185s (and lower them considerably) on an 8 cm > Pearl; and use Looks of some sort. Probably a 32/46 or so and a > 14-15-16-17-18-19-21-24 8 speed with the 46 set up centered on the cassette; > or hell, just a single 46 t ring; that would give me a 51" bottom gear which > is far lower than the 66" to 75" that I climb in now. I bet I could break 20 > lb without trying. 23 mm tires, of course.
Perhaps select a different frame while you are at it. On Jun 25, 2:09 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lovely; and exactly my size. I'd swap out the Brooks for a Flite, old style, > and the Noodles for 44 cm 185s (and lower them considerably) on an 8 cm > Pearl; and use Looks of some sort. Probably a 32/46 or so and a > 14-15-16-17-18-19-21-24 8 speed with the 46 set up centered on the cassette; > or hell, just a single 46 t ring; that would give me a 51" bottom gear which > is far lower than the 66" to 75" that I climb in now. I bet I could break 20 > lb without trying. 23 mm tires, of course. > > But no, I shall resist. My next bike will be one to replace my Modified > Monocog and the Sam Hill, a touring bike that will take 70 mm tires and > fenders. > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:58 AM, kps <kshe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > finally, my Roadeo has been built up and i'm riding it and starting to > > dial-in the set up. i'm very, very pleased. i ended up taking most > > of the parts off my wonderful, old-faithful, but still-too-small, > > Serotta Nova SL, to put them on the Roadeo. My Roadeo is a 57 cm, and > > though i could easily have ridden the 59 according to my PBH (84.45), > > the top tube would have been too long, i think. Grant said i could > > use a shorter stem, but it would have been VERY short, for as it is, > > with the 57, i'm using a 7cm tech deluxe (started with an 8, but the 7 > > is better for my reach). > > stem length aside, the build is as follows: > > > 57 Roadeo (56.5 tt) > > campy 8 speed chorus (early 90s) Ergo > > chorus or record headset (early 90s) > > chorus seat post > > Brooks B-17 Ti (might swap to the Finesse) > > Nitto 7 cm Technomic Deluxe stem > > Nitto Noodle (42 cm) bar > > Tektro BM 57 brakes > > Pasela 28s (these were on the wheelset on the Serotta--i'll probably > > try the JB greens soon) > > newer Veloce (lettering removed) compact crank (50/34) > > Phil BB > > 13-26 cassette > > VO pedals (not set on these yet), will probably put MKS Streams on the > > bike > > > i took a few photos in the very late afternoon, yesterday, and they're > > posted on my Flickr page, if you're interested. More photos to > > follow, i'm sure. ;-) here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/29nucu2 > > > thanks to grant and to mark for walking me through the process of > > choosing my frame, and also, for allowing me to request RCP and clear > > decals too! one note: i forgot to mention to my LBS that the decals > > are on the OUTSIDE of the clear coat, and in the process of building > > up the bike, the decals got a bit mangled. i took the top ring of the > > seat tube decal off, and might remove the bottom ring to preserve the > > symmetry. then again, i might not. ;-) > > > oh, for those who wonder, my set up (not including the water bottle), > > but including saddle and pedals, weighed in right at 22 pounds. > > > kim > > > -- > > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscrib...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
