Love the picture and the setup. I have a similar setup but no view as pretty.
> On Jan 24, 2021, at 2:56 PM, Bones wrote:
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> Here's one more then. Nice freezing cold evening ride.
>
> Bones
> On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 12:06:43 PM UTC-5 zem...@gmail.com wrote:
> Austin, let us know how
42 cm for my Richard Sachs custom (Richard is known for longer-than-usual chain
stays on a traditional “road” bike) and 43cm for one of my Alex Singers. 1976
Centurion Pro Tour, built as a “touring” bike in time for the “Bikecentennial,”
has 44 cm stays.
They all ride nice, but of course each
I love the way your bike looks! I have a grilvered colored Roadini with
Albastache bars. My bike a joy to ride with the more upright positioning
compared to the drops I used to have. May your girlfriend have much joy in
riding this beauty. Great color.
Andy
> On Apr 21, 2020, at 3:54 PM, E
I've very definitely felt "tippy" on some bikes; notably certain otherwise
very nice mountain bikes (like my 1996, still-Santa-Cruz-made Bontrager
Race lite) and a certain Fuji Royale road bike, to name the 2 that come
immediately to mind and no, I didn't like that feeling either; the Rivs
have all
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> Patrick: I would describe it simply as feeling less in control of the
> bike and more of the bike shooting me off. The twitchiness depending on
> setup and wheelbase, long and low aerodynamic position, high saddle to bar
> drop, etc. The position in the Roadini, the longer headtube, the
Dave: You are experiencing that almost ineffable Grant-design/Rivendell
build bike feel that seems to be a unique quality of all Rivendell models.
My own conceptualization of this "feel" is that the bikes are stable while
riding straight, but transition into a turn with neither hesitation nor
"flop
Nice. Looking forward to photo!
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 8:56 PM Dave Grossman wrote:
> I bought a Roadini frameset a over a year ago and finally got around to
> building it up during the crisis. As a father of small children, my time
> to ride outside of family rides and commuting is limited, s
I bought a Roadini frameset a over a year ago and finally got around to
building it up during the crisis. As a father of small children, my time
to ride outside of family rides and commuting is limited, so I was hesitant
to put money into a road bike. I couldn't be more glad that I did.
The b
