Such a fantastic build, Brenton! Is the bike giving you what you were looking for in your +1 from your country bike?
On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 5:34:53 PM UTC-5 brenton...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks to all the advice and guidance from folks here on my second > Rivendell build! Turns out there are quite a few folks with a "Country > Bike" that also went for a +1 Roadini. > > I've set up my 2017 Sam Hillborne several different ways; first it was > drops+road focused, then it was a Riv 1.0 camping basket bike, then it got > lighter wheels and no basket, then flat bars and knobbies, then it lost > it's F+R racks, fenders have come and gone, and in each phase it's been > "perfect". > > I just *wanted* a +1 and the +1 was to be lighter and faster. Months ago > I was looking at 90s racing and sport tourers as cheaper alternatives to a > Roadini, perhaps also lighter, and less well rounded, and more definitively > alternative to my Sam. I test rode some: Specialized Sequoia, Waterford 22 > Series, Bridgestone RB1. Nothing felt like the right move. I was being > patient, doing the research, etc, when a Roadini frameset in my size and my > preferred color was posted here, and the owner Lived 2 hours away. Let's go. > > Using Sam's lighter wheelset, former drop bar cockpit, and a few other > parts bin items, I was able to keep the entire build within my budget. I > bought a lot of NOS and pre-owned components for great prices. Stoked. I'm > happy with how it came out. There's a whole bunch of component > interchangeability with these two bikes, which *may* come in handy some > day. Weather in PNW has been bad for riding, good for wrenching. I still > haven't ridden it yet. > > The only thing I was not stoked on was the Ultegra FD inner cage plate > rubbed the middle ring when shifting to big ring. It was already up > high-ish to not hit the chainstay. So now it's even higher out of > necessity. It bothers me a lil bit. Bars and seat height+angle subject to > change after test ride. Right now the drops swing just under the top tube > to avoid dings. > > [image: LM000884.jpeg] > [image: LM000881.jpeg] > [image: LM000880.jpeg] > [image: LM000883.jpeg] > [image: LM000887.jpeg] > > Build List: > 57cm Roadini Sergio Green > Nitto Noodle 48cm bars > Nitto Tallux 8cm stem > Shimano Tiagra levers > Blue Lug cotton tape (not as long as newbaums) > Tektro R559 brakes > Nissen clear housing > Velocity Dyad 32H, Deore w/11-32, SP front hub > Ultradynamico Cava 700x42 > Sugino XD2 46/36/24 > Ultegra 6500 FD + RD > Suntour Superbe DT shifters > Wellgo Pedals with *gasp *cages > Brooks C17 seat > King bottle cages > A few brass bling bits from Riv + Blue Lug > > > > > -- 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/e4e632fe-c01e-4290-80fa-b25e35969249n%40googlegroups.com.
