I've been rando-ing off and on since 2006. I view the getting dropped and riding alone issue to be one of fitness and not of equipment, just my $0.02. Seen plenty of fast riders riding heavy steel bikes and plenty of slow riders using crabon fibre.
I give my Rivendell Custom owning friend a ride to many brevets as he does not and has never owned a car. My friend is a very fast rider on his Rivendell. He uses a large front bag and is a vegetarian so thusly brings his own food for the most part. I can tell you that at the start of a long ride that the bag and the bike are HEAVY. And he can still rocket off my front wheel any time he chooses. Anyway if it were me, I would tend towards the most comfort on the longer distances - it will make the ride a lot more enjoyable. Nothing says you can't try both bikes, either, and see which one you like the best. I don't know how tall you are but one thing that does work against me in headwinds is an upright position. If I get in a moderate to stiff headwind, I ride almost exclusively in the drops, and I will do almost anything to stay with a group. My drop position on my Rivendell is not really that low compared to racy style bikes anyway, so it's NBD. On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Darin G. <dbg...@mac.com> wrote: > I'm getting ready for a brevet series starting late next month. I'd been > planning on riding my Romulus which is set up with the original factory > wheels and the extraordinary Compass Stampede Pass tires and fenders. My > thoght was to add the Mark's rack to the Romulus and be ready to go with > battery lighting, but I'm sitting here in my office staring at my mighty > Atlantis with its dyno, Luxos headlight with USB charging, brake lights, and > luggage and wondering whether it wouldn't be the better choice, especially > if I replaced the Marathon Supreme's with Barlow Pass tires for the Brevets. > First world problems, I know. I'm confident the Atlantis is the more > comfortable bike of the two, but the Rom is faster. Most of the folks here > in Utah ride brevets on racing style bikes, usually without fenders, and I'm > apprehensive about not being able to keep up with anyone and having to ride > alone. Thoughts on the Atlantis with the Barlow Pass would be appreciated. > > DG > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
