Oh yeah, the AHH doesn't have downtube shifter bosses, while the Roadini does. Again, a minor consideration --- I'm happy with my downtube shifter on my Roadini, but it wouldn't have killed me to go to bar-end shifters.
On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 7:35:31 AM UTC-7 Piaw Na wrote: > The AHH has 50cm chainstays, which might make it hard to fit into my bike > box for flying (I use a Trico-Ironcase). The AHH also takes 135mm rear > wheels, while the wheels I had hanging in the garage were all 130mm wheels. > Grant advised against cold setting an AHH. In exchange the Roadini has a > 5mm higher BB, which I dislike (others claim you can't tell the difference > but I can, from having ridden an 80mm drop touring bike for many years), > but something I'm willing to trade. If my current custom touring bike > fails, I'll go for a custom bike with the Roadini geometry but with an 80 > or even 85mm BB drop now that I'm unlikely to ride tires narrower than 28mm. > > That's pretty much it. The extra $400 the AHH cost might also make a > difference if you're stretching your budget, but it wasn't a big > consideration for me. > > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 6:32:03 AM UTC-7 Davey Two Shoes wrote: > >> Can someone explain to me what would prompt a decision for a roadini over >> a Homer aside from price? I though the Homer was Rivs "zippy" offering. >> With the Roadeo being their fast offering. The road bike category at Riv is >> starting to get crowded between the Sam, Homer, Roadini and Roadeo. I know >> Riv calls the Sam a Hilli/Gravel bike, but coming from a modern gravel >> bike, and before that a Salsa Vaya, the Sam is definitely a road bike that >> happens to be tough and capable elsewhere. But a Road Bike when the day is >> done. >> >> On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 8:51:03 AM UTC-4 jrst...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> >>> For some of us who have had back pain with more modern bikes Rivendells >>> have always been a breath of fresh air. I started buying them in 1997 and >>> have not looked back, they made riding possible for me again. >>> >>> I do prefer the Rivs with the shorter for Riv chainstays. Nice bikes >>> for those of us who have issues with more aggressive geometries. For me not >>> koolaide but a practical comfort. >>> >>> Glad your aluminum bike works for you. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 2:13 AM Nick Payne <njh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Monday, 24 July 2023 at 2:43:06 pm UTC+10 Joe Bernard wrote: >>>> >>>> Modern bikes are fine - I recommended the OP consider one as a >>>> companion to his Sam - but being on a Rivendell group and calling us >>>> "people who've drunk the Kool-Aid" is... interesting 😐 >>>> >>>> I have Rivendell bikes, and they're nice bikes to ride. I just don't >>>> think they're the be-all and end-all of bicycle design. What the OP seems >>>> to be looking for in a bike is closer to what you and I both recommended. >>>> >>>> Nick Payne >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> 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/tAas6urcOwg/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/13882503-75a4-40f2-9d54-176ca8afa9a8n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/13882503-75a4-40f2-9d54-176ca8afa9a8n%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/f3eb1b3e-ac92-45d1-849f-3b647ef5bcdbn%40googlegroups.com.
