"Why does Grant describe it as their bike for fast rides? I am just interested in what it is about this frame, and what they designed into the frame, to make it for that intended purpose. It is not mentioned in their description on the Rivbike.com site for the model, and I am curious."
This is an excellent question and I think it goes back to the first sentence on the Roadeo page: "The Roadeo is our answer to speedy carbon road bikes " It is a product offering to give people what they are after. People who are shopping for a racing bike at 5 different shops and consider a Rivendell are conditioned to expect a particular look. I know I am so conditioned. I fit a 59cm Hilsen and a 59cm Roadeo. If I wanted to do a racy build, I would get a Roadeo over a Hilsen because the Hilsen would look weird to my eye with huge brakes and skinny tires. The Roadeo would look right with skinny tires. That's it and that's all. If I did not mind being limited to a racy build, then I would buy the Roadeo. I have a frame that limits me in exactly the way the Roadeo would limit me. If I wanted one bike to be a racy bike and be something else at other times, I'd buy the Hilsen and get over the fact that it looks goofy with skinny tires. I don't believe Grant claims that the Roadeo is inherently faster than the Hilsen. On Monday, January 21, 2013 8:44:05 AM UTC-8, Michael wrote: > > I think the simplest way I can put my topic question is: Why does Grant >> describe it as their bike for fast rides? I am just interested in what it >> is about this frame, and what they designed into the frame, to make it for >> that intended purpose. It is not mentioned in their description on the >> Rivbike.com site for the model, and I am curious. >> >> > I don't wanna discuss what makes a fast bike. Just what it is about the > Roadeo frame, and what they designed into the frame, that Grant calls it a > bike meant for fast rides. How does it differ from the hilsen. > -- 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/-/8zniVahkKw4J. 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.
