Nels, you've got a great looking pair of Rivs there! Love the curve on the Roadini fork. Nice pics too!
Regards, Richard On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 8:14:53 PM UTC-4, Nels Sorenson wrote: > > Thought I'd give an update and short ride impressions of my 51 Roadini. > I've got about a hundred miles on the Grilver beauty now and am pleased to > be able to ride drop bars again after many years of "comfy" bikes. > I took a few short 8 mile rides while building up trying out different > iterations of parts. The bike felt wonderful on those rides rewarding > effort with smooth speed. The subtle ovalizing of the tubing really > stiffens up the bottom bracket and this bike is very responsive when > climbing and sprinting > . > On the weekend I took a serious 42 mile, 3000' out and back ride down to > the Columbia River in Central Washington where I live. I was a > little sore and bonked after that one. The next day I did a nice mellow 35 > mile ride with some snacks. The ride is smooth and fast and comfy with the > long stays. Very stable even though I have some skinny wheels with 28 mm > tires for now. Looking forward to some wider rims and tires. > Here are a couple pics of the Roadini and Clem Jr., my budget Riv beauties. > > On Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 12:25:48 PM UTC-7, Jay Connolly wrote: > >> If anyone has a 61, I’d love to know the virtual top tube length and the >> stack. >> >> Jay > > -- 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.
