Patrick, I'd hesitate saying "10/15lbs up front and ride in all types of weather" would be OK on a Roadini from my experience.
I have a Rambouillet, connect by lineage to the Roadini when you consider it was for the riding uses below the capacities of the Atlantis before there was even a Sam or a Homer. For my all-season, all-weather commuter I have a dedicated Disc Trucker. How "all types of weather" do you face in your commuting? My heaviest loading of the Ram (20# max) is in my Carradice Nelson Longflap saddlebag. It just handles better that way, including on the trail surfaces of the GAP/C&O where I ride a lot of miles in a lot of different weather. My foray into using a front bag for anything beyond convenience of reach made the front end feel floppy and less telegraphing in it's feel of impending front end washout. Left unloaded it's a wonderful riding bike on all kind of surfaces and the Roadini seems to have lots of the Rambouillet's purpose in the Rivendell lineup. I leave the lumps, bumps, risks of damage or loss to my less endearing Trucker. On the plus side, as I've said before, the long wheelbase helps account for my shallow or distracted attention riding it after work. It rides like it knows the way home, or more realistically it doesn't respond to minor erroneous steering inputs. My Ram is much more fun and rewarding to ride. I'd get the Roadini and not rationalize it for commuting under your premise but keep the LHT for that. I'd get the Sam if the bike count has to stay at one and carry your stuff on the back. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 9:23:48 PM UTC-5, Patrick S. wrote: > > Hey there, not an RBW owner (yet) but had a question concerning the > Roadini and thought you fine folks might be interested in giving your > "unbiased" opinion. > > I've been commuting (approx 2400km / season) with a Surly LHT 26" for the > past while and am really interested in the Roadini for its geometry (higher > cockpit and shorter wheelbase) and looks (of course). I carry about > 10/15lbs up front and ride in all types of weather. Just wondering if > anyone here has built one up and what's their experience so far? > > Cheers! > > -- 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.
