Iirc I thought it was the yellow rb1 that came with sti while the red had those superbe brakes in 1993
On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 3:49:52 PM UTC-6 Brian Cunningham wrote: > Must've been too good of a deal. In the 90 minutes since your post, > Irving, the listing has been removed. > > On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 12:11:09 PM UTC-8 Irving wrote: > >> If you're looking for something: >> >> - 57cm-ish >> - steel frame >> - wide tired, rim brake >> - in San Francisco >> - something along the lines of a Roadini or RB-1 >> - cheaper than both of the aforementioned frames >> >> You may be interested in this neat Waterford that popped up: >> https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bik/d/san-francisco-57cm-waterford-gravel/7697225437.html >> >> Irving >> SF, CA >> On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 7:01:37 AM UTC-8 pi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> I owned a Red '93 RB-1 and it died in a car crash that put me in the >>> hospital for days and in rehab for months. I loved that bike and should >>> have been more aggressive about using it so that when it died it wouldn't >>> have hurt so much. >>> >>> Having said that, it's nowhere as versatile a bike as my current >>> Roadini. The default gearing on the RB-1 was way too high for most >>> cyclists, and there's some toe clip overlap while the Roadini has none. >>> The Roadini would probably have withstood Richard Mlyrnarik's pedaling for >>> longer than a season (he cracked his RB-1 in a year of riding) The longer >>> chainstays of the Roadini means it descends better, and the Roadini won't >>> climb any worse. The yellow RB-1 came with STIs and I've killed the 8-speed >>> STIs once and won't ride them again (indexing doesn't agree with me). >>> Despite the Craiglist declaration, I believe the yellow RB-1 came with >>> Suntour Superbe Pro brakes rather than Shimano 600 ones. But the Shimano >>> 600 dual pivots are better, so that's not an issue. >>> >>> All in all, if I had the opportunity to exchange my Roadini for a '93 >>> RB-1, I wouldn't. The RB-1 was a nice bike, but not as nice as what I've >>> built up my Roadini to be. >>> >>> On Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 11:48:22 AM UTC-8 >>> brenton...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bik/d/san-francisco-57cm-time-capsule-1993/7688650100.html >>>> >>>> The seller said he’d go as low as $1600. There’s gotta be some opinions >>>> here. I have debated 90s road bike vs Roadini in previous threads and I’m >>>> still considering both. Building a Roadini would cost me $2000-$2200. The >>>> yellow 93 RB1 is my favorite, aesthetically speaking, but I’ve never >>>> ridden >>>> one. >>>> >>>> I’ve had a 92 Fuji Team with similar geo and loved it, but sold it. It >>>> was a 56 and a hair too small. >>>> >>> -- 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/0f91f28d-7963-4fbc-947c-bb7e86bfac9dn%40googlegroups.com.
