I don't think Bill's Rosco has the same design parameters as the others you've lumped it with--or even other Roscos. The RBs were built around Simple One forks, but beyond that, they were an opportunity to get a little loose. The batch that this bike came from was "road" oriented, and that would imply it works well with drops. I also recall reading a post where the Rosco specs on one batch compared favorably with the Rodeo. Some of the RBs were more mountainy, like the recent mountain mixte. Although some have put drops on Apps and Clems, I would say that would not necessarily be fully optimal. But certainly not terrible. Anyhow, that's how I see it from my computer.
Here's a bit about the Rosco designs: *Another good thing for us is that ROSCO has been an opportunity for others here to learn about frame design. I shouldn’t be the only one. We have our ways and established parameters. Nothing leaves here that isn’t 100 percent Rivendell (and me) approved. But within the constraints there’s lots of room for creativity and new ideas, and ONLY good frames that I’d be proud of are coming out of it. * [image: image] *So the ROSCO you’re looking at may be designed by Mark, Brian, Will, or Roman…maybe somebody else, and maybe me; but I go over every detail, and I’m happy to say there’s little need for editing. We don’t list WHO was the main designer on them, because I don’t want dumb scuttlebutt and favoritism and feelings issues. * Mark "I have zero plans to ever remove the Bosco Bulls from my Clem(entine)" in Beacon On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 11:43:44 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > That looks very rideable. I've not kept up with the design details of the > later Riv models, but I thought that the RB, Clems, Appaloosas, and so on > were designed with very long tts and meant to be ridden with swept back > bars. Apparently not. What is the st and tt of this one? (C-c.) > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
