The Roadeo is the spiritual heir to the Road Standard. My Road is built up thusly:
SRAM Apex group, stock 11-32 cassette, less the crank. Campy Record Triple crankset, 52/42 rings removed, 46 ring installed in the middle position, no outer ring, stock 30 T inner ring. White Industries hubs, 32 14/16 DB spokes, Velocity A32 rims Noodle bar, VO threadless stem on a Zoom quill adapter, Campy seatpost, B17 The Apex stuff shifts very well. The brakes are excellent, but you can't use them on the Roadeo as they are short reach. 46/30 x 11/32 gearing is very nice. I only shift off of the 46 for significant hills, most of the time the 46 is perfect. Someday I will find SRAM's 12/32 cassette, which has smaller jumps at the top and a bigger jump to the 32 bailout gear, that should be even better. I have Campy Centaur on another bike, geared 50/34 x 13/29. The Campy group is also very smooth and if the gearing range works for you it's a perfectly nice way to go. I sometimes wish for an eleven speed 12/29, 50/13 is not tall enough for some of the local descents. Probably not a popular sentiment around here. The WI hubs are excellent, the A23 rims seem durable enough and maximize the available volume of the tires. If the WI's are too pricey, a nice set of 105's (if you like maintaining loose ball hubs) or the Formula/Velocity sealed bearing hubs should work fine for much less. I have run 28 mm Rubino Pros and 32 mm Randonneur Hypers on the A23's with no problems. The one Roadeo rider I know loves his, I'm sure you will too. Bill On Nov 16, 11:23 am, Shawn <sa240...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Need some advice on the buildup of 59cm Roadeo frame I recently > acquired. I have a 58cm Atlantis and was looking to build the Roadeo > as my go fast bike. The Roadeo has a threaded headset and I am looking > to build the bike up with brifiters. I am on a middle of the road > budget and want the Roadeo to be distinctively different from my > Atlantis. Any suggestions on buildups including wheels would be > greatly appreciated. I weigh 195. Thanks in advance. > > Shawn -- 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-bunch@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.
