Thanks Ed. That helps a lot, as well as the comments from others. Question(s) - From a sizing standpoint, did you fit in the middle of the PBH recommendations for a particular size (of the Roadini) or were you on the outer edge of those recommendations (where you could have gone with either a smaller or larger frame)? If on the edge, which way did you choose? Also, if you were in the middle of the recommendations, does the bike fit you just as expected? Any surprises as to saddle/handlebar heights or reach? What size Joe vs Roadini?
Big thanks for any help or info! Bob On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 1:11:03 PM UTC-6, Ed Carolipio wrote: > > I was in a similar situation: I have a Joe and was looking for "something > else" to complement it. I ended up getting a Roadini instead of the Sam > since I thought there was too much overlap between the Sam and the Joe. (To > be fair, I haven't ridden the Sam.) I peeked at the Roadeo but don't ride > often enough to justify the cost difference. As others have said, setup is > everything so I purpose built each for the job: Joe is an upright > tourer/townie (racks, fenders, dynamo lights) and Leo is a drop bar > meanderer. I live in the city so all my riding is asphalt, with road > quality and traffic being the biggest variables. > > As expected, efficiency is the most notable difference with the two (duh). > I say "efficiency" since as an old fart I don't go much faster on the > Roadini, but I can definitely go further and hills are much easier to > tackle. Both are fun to ride in their own Rivendell way, and the Roadini > "just for fun" is a nice change of pace from put-putting around on the Joe. > The ride position makes a difference to me as well as I prefer the Joe when > playing in traffic while I would rather ride the Roadini on dedicated paths > or on not-so-busy streets. > > Note that I did find the skinny tires (Paselas) on the Roadini a little > jarring, at least compared to the 50mm Marathons on the Joe, so I bit the > bullet and got Compass 32mm tire. That helped out a lot. I'm still messing > with other setup things on the Roadini, but I'm definitely happy with it as > an alternative to the Joe which I can just grab and ride. > > > --Ed 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.
