I am going to be able to answer this in 4 months or so, that is about when my Roadeo will be coming in. I have been using the Sam as a "go fast" bike for club rides, as it is my only bike so I had to make due. The Roadeo will be my fast bike once I get it, so I will be able to compare the two on similar rides with similar builds. I suspect the Roadeo is going to be a bit more responsive and climb easier, maybe even do that thing Jan always talks about....planing? I think for fast club riding, special attention should be paid to wheels. I am going to think long and hard about what wheels to get for it as I would like the Roadeo to be "fast." Keeping the total bike weight down should help a bit, but it isn't my goal with the Roadeo I went with a threaded steerer so I can use my lugged stem. This kind of goes against the total weight of the bike, but I like to move my stems up and down especially the first year of having a bike and I like the look of quill stems more than threaded. I don't think this will make a difference on how fast the bike is though. Tires, wheels, brifters or not, component selection ect. These are going to make a difference though. This whole "what makes a bike fast" conversation is one I really want to hear now, but I suspect that set up will make the largest difference. The type of tubing and what angles those are put together have to make a difference also...it just has to, right?
On Monday, January 21, 2013 9:19:58 AM UTC-6, Peter M wrote: > Down the rabbit hole we go, talking about "fast bikes", blergh. I think > there are just so many factors that go into one bike feeling "fast" over > another--tires, rider position, crank length, bb, spoke count, type of > rims, level of components, rider abilty, wind resistance, terrain, etc. I > like to think of the frameset as a foundation of what you want to do but > you build it up from there according to its purpose. Can you build a > lightweight Bombadil for club rides? I bet you could, but you would be > working against its intended purpose. On the other hand though I would > imagine Tommy is way "faster" on his new Bombadil than I am on my 70s > Peugeot "racing" bike, in this case due to the fact he is a young guy in > good shape and I am well not, haha. So the "fast" moniker is pretty > misleading on the whole I find. > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < > thil...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> One of the most misunderestimated factors contributing to bike >> performance is a fast-sounding catalog description. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/T_C1ZlwRxFQJ. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/j94d7RUPmLQJ. 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.
