You don't have to worry about putting a 130 spaced hub into a 135 frame just use a ten dollar 135mm axle and two extra washers. I've even used the stock 130 axle with 105 Shimano hubs and two washers making it about a 133.5mm spacing with a frame spaced to 135 and there was no problem. I might add that I rode this combo for maybe 4000 miles. There is less axle in the dropout slot but it worked.......if you are worried though just have your bike shop supply a longer axle for you along with the appropriate length skewer. Regardless, I think you (all) are really splitting hairs on this whole frame weight comparison. The handling might be slightly faster on the Roadeo and the overall weight a couple pounds lighter depending on how you set it up but...........a Ram a Homer and a Roadeo are basically in the same league. All I know is, if I owned a Homer and wanted to ride a little faster I would just put on some lighter wheels and tires but probably just tires. I'll bet that your Homer is a fine riding machine with more flexibility in tire sizes but if you want a lighter bike with less clearance and slightly faster steering go for it, just don't convince yourself that it will make you significantly faster or whatever.......just saying.
On Dec 5, 7:54 pm, Kentileguy <ken_y...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Lots of great input. Thanks! According to Riv's sizing chart I'm right > between a 57 and a 59. I bought Homer used, so I didn't have much > choice. On the plus side, it was local, like new and reasonably > priced. I have no regrets about buying it and after alot of tweaking I > think the fit is just about right. The 7cm stem is probably not ideal > and I am a little leery about squeezing the 135mm rear triangle around > a 130mm hub. I'm not fixated on weight, but I was very surprised at > how much different the lighter wheelset felt. I've considered the Ram > (there's a sweet 58cm orange one on ebay right now), but I thought it > might be too similar to the Homer. Ideally I would test ride a Ram & > Roadeo side by side to be able to form my own opinions, but there's > little chance of that happening, so I'm relying on the collective > wisdom of the group. > Thanks, Ken > > On Dec 5, 9:09 pm, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > .8/.5/.8 was what they used on Toyo Rams for TT and DT. Isn't Rodeo a tad > > lighter? > > > ________________________________ > > From: cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> > > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Sun, December 5, 2010 9:00:45 PM > > Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Roadeo vs AHH. Your thoughts? > > > Yeah, I just don't remember, but thought they were the same tubing...??? > > > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Bill M. <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > According to one member of our club (he may chime in here), the Roadeo > > > >he has now is built lighter than the Ram he once owned. I believe > > >that Homer would be heavier than either. > > > >Bill > > > >On Dec 5, 5:07 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Are you sure that the Roadeo has lighter tubing? I thought at some point > > >> the discussion was that they both are built with 8-5-8 maintubes. > > >nch?hl=en. -- 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.
