Mine's 20 lbs and change (59er with threaded fork, SRAM brifters, carbon forks, heavy pedals, and carbon water bottle cages, and no fenders, 33.33333 tires). Rides great and light uphill. Add more weight with what I carry in BrandV and Sackville sacks, and clip-on lights.
My Homer Hilsen with racks, fenders, dyno-hub and dedicated lights, is about 32 to 34 lbs. Bigger difference on the uphills, but not as much as I would have thought. A Specialized Roubaix fully carbon might get you up the hills with a little less wattage at about 15-18 lbs, but it's much more twitchy on the downhills (the Roadeo is not twitchy at all) and, of course it's a smaller frame which requires more of a pretzel shape during a long ride (so I get neck and back and hand aches over the long haul with a Specialized, and feel a lot more comfortable over the long haul with my Roadeo). Not a big fan of the Roadeo paint job, but I now have some touch up paint from Schwinn, and I never have to worry about putting a blanket over my Roadeo for fear that it will get knocked around by the other bikes I'm carrying and develop a irreparable crack. So, in sum, I probably wouldn't recommend the Roadeo to a dedicated Triathlete (although I would gladly use it), but only because there's too much pressure to follow the herd in that world. On Saturday, August 2, 2014 3:57:39 PM UTC-4, dicktill wrote: > > As the subject says, I'm looking for opinions on the Rivendell Roadeo. > > I generally do 20-50 solo mile rides at speeds in the 14-16 mph average > range with an average of 30-50 ft elevation gain per mile. So light-*ish* > weight is nice, but not critical; i.e., an 18-20 pound bike is fine. But > I'm looking for a bike that puts stability over cutting-edge cornering or > descending (I'm a "weenie", and don't descend at over 30 mph). Would love > it if I could learn to ride this bike "no-hands" for a bit now and then, > like if I have to zip up my jersey or jacket (like the guys on the TdF); > can't do that now on my current road bike (Airborne Zeppelin). > > Thanks in advance, Dick > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
