Nice Roadini! You made the right call getting the bike you want from the beginning.
Like Joe says, get a Shimano UN55 bottom bracket in 118mm, it will work great. Stem length, like any component that determines fit can take some work to nail down. You're doing the smart thing to use an adjustable stem for this, I am not brave enough to use one and thus have accumulated a range of stems that I use to determine the right size. I'm a coward, I know. If an 11cm is too long, I'd bump down to a 9cm. Based on you're saddle height, you're probably pretty tall so you'll probably won't need a super shorty. I don't match saddle and bar tape and I don't think you'll find that many Riv riders do either (calling Bill L?). I think blue or grey would go great with that orange. Don't worry too much, you might end up re-wrapping as you dial in fit. Darin On Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 9:12:40 PM UTC-7, Matt D wrote: > > First Rivendell, first real drop bar road bike. Could have gotten a > complete Surly for the price but I knew I'd wish I had bought a Rivendell > so I ordered the frameset sight-unseen after an extremely enlightening > conversation on sizing with one of the guys at HQ. Set it up with parts > from the bike co-op for the moment because most of my budget went into > frameset but the plan is to upgrade it a little over time. For now it's > fine if a little low on range and comfort with the old Fizik Vitesse > saddle, Exage 300 group, 46 single and 13-25 cassette. The rest... tires > are 32c Gravelking slicks, wheels are Alexrims G6000s on Tiagra hubs, > shifters are Ultegra bar-ends, and pedals are Raceface Chesters. By the > time I consider myself "finished" with this build I don't want a single > matte black anodized part on it. > > Anyway, just a few questions about setup: > > > - I've got a Sakae SA double with 52/40 chainrings sitting on my desk, > pretty sweet looking classic silver crank. VeloBase says it's made for a > 3P > bottom bracket, which is 119mm. Riv website says the Roadini ships with a > 110mm Shimano BB. 9mm difference is going to be out of the question for > chainline, correct? If so, I can just replace it with a 119mm spindle BB > without any major issues, right? I'm having some issues finding one of > those, if one of you could point me to one it would be much appreciated. > > > - What's the best way to determine your optimum quill stem length? > I've got a 110mm Sunlite adjustable quill on there right now, and coupled > with 44cm Nitto Noodles I find myself a little too stretched out on the > hoods. The plan was always to work out my optimal stem length with the > adjustable (this being my first drop bar after all) but I have to tilt the > stem higher than I want to bring it in any closer. > > > - What color bar tape looks best with gum hoods and an orange frame? > I'm kind of stuck and I need to decide on something. It's a little far off > because I need to install that bottom bracket before I put on bar tape but > I'm thinking dark brown. I know the tradition is to match it to your > saddle > but since there are so few Brooks dealers in my town I may just go > synthetic, in which case I don't want monochrome tape because that's > terribly boring. If anyone's got something that they think looks great on > their orange Roadini I'd love to see it! > > Thanks for any advice you can give me! > -- 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.
