Thanks for the review! As a daily drop-bar Sam rider, I'm well accustomed to the Rivendell ride. It's been a great bike for my uses: commuting, heavy loading. But, as a light (155# @ 6 foot tall), spinner, I wish for a bike that is lighter, less stiff, and more flexible to ride when I want to charge hills and generally explore at speed on day rides. I am interested in this frame for these reasons. But I hesitate because I'm not sure of the tubing specs. I don't want it to be too much bike for me! Sam is less than ideal on the rides I imagine doing on the Roadini.
I'd love to see some photos of your machine if you have any available. John Portland, OR On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 10:04:16 AM UTC-7 pi...@gmail.com wrote: > Max tire width according to Rivendell is 42mm. I don't like to push it > that close, so I think in practice I won't run anything more than 38mm > actual width. I have no TCO on the Roadini. The TCO exists on my custom > touring bike, which has a geometry copied from the 1993 Bridgestone RB-1 > with a longer chainstay and lower BB. > > On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 9:55 AM Ian A <atte...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Piaw, >> >> Thank you for your review. You mention fitting nominally 40mm wide tires >> and I would be curious to know what the maximum tire widths with and >> without fenders are? >> >> Your review in the final paragraph draws reference to toe-clip overlap >> (TCO) and I was wondering if you could expand on that. Do you experience >> TCO on the Roadini? I wasn't quite sure if you were referencing the >> Roadini or an idea for a custom in this snippet of the review " It gets >> rid of the toe clip overlap (which doesn't bother me but now that I know >> how to solve it without making a bike handle badly". >> >> IanA Alberta Canada >> On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 9:54:06 AM UTC-6 pi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> I've now ridden my Roadini for 1000 miles, and I wrote my review: >>> https://blog.piaw.net/2023/05/rivendell-roadini-1000-mile-review.html >>> >>> I think I'm agreeing with the folks who say that gravel bikes are simply >>> 1990s style mountain bikes with 700c wheels and 1x drivetrains. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/77-YZzm-Edk/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f8447a19-26b5-46d8-84cd-fb9fdd53a376n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f8447a19-26b5-46d8-84cd-fb9fdd53a376n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/caa6b148-87b0-4e46-bd42-dec4fdd02cd6n%40googlegroups.com.
