While I'm not concerned with the weight I'll land on after the build, I would like to keep up with my friend who I ride weekly with. He's good going my speed (he's naturally faster), and I'm hoping the speed on this bike isn't much lower than my current road bike. Like many say, it's the total weight including the rider that counts...so I started eating better since ordering the frame to see if total weight is the same, or better! I do have a second wheel set I'm planning to use, occasionally, and those wheels together with then 30mm tires will be lighter, and have better hubs (will be interesting to see how they feel when riding compared to the other wheels with 43mm GKSS).
On Monday, January 22, 2024 at 10:34:41 AM UTC-5 pi...@gmail.com wrote: > It weighed 23 pounds with pump, water bottle cage, pedals but no toolkit: > https://blog.piaw.net/2022/10/putting-together-my-roadini.html > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 5:32 AM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Piaw: I'm curious, how light is your Roadini? >> >> More general question to the audience: How does the current Roadini >> differ from the original Sam Hillborne? I owned one of the latter and it >> would be interesting to use this Sam as a gauge for understanding the >> Roadini. >> >> Aside: I'm thinking (just thinking; action may come but later) of turning >> that Libertas into an on-and-offroad beater because I think it will take a >> 38 mm tire. The original issue Sam was limited to IIRC 38 or 40 mm tires so >> I hope that this might be a more nimble handling and lighter (and >> beater-sh) Sam surrogate. >> >> On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 8:44 PM Piaw Na <pi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I went with 11s and a single DT shifter (I'm running 1x11) and I treat >>> my Roadini as a gravel bike. It's great. Usually I climb on the road so >>> shifting is not a problem, and descending who cares what gears you're in. >>> But on the few occasions I did a a dirt climb and I'd just shift into the >>> lowest gear and stay there. My goal for the Roadini was to make it as light >>> as possible (given the relatively heavy frame) while still able to do hard >>> climbs. It hasn't disappointed. >>> >>> On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 2:06:45 PM UTC-8 four...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Just curious, if you are using 11sp, why not use integrated >>>> shifters/levers? To each their own for sure, but I can't imagine DT >>>> shifters on a mixed-surface trail unless it's really smooth.. heck, I >>>> don't >>>> even care for bar-ends on a trail.. but those RRL levers are super nice! >>>> >>>> I'm leaning hard into a Roadini that I may put a Campy 10 Triple group >>>> I have on it.. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 10:33:55 AM UTC-8 Jay wrote: >>>> >>>>> First post here! I've been reading some of the threads and this >>>>> sounds like a good place...my new happy place ;-) >>>>> >>>>> I ordered the dark gold Roadini (57) from the only shop in Canada that >>>>> sells Riv (C&L Cycles) and will be picking it up in a few weeks when I'll >>>>> be visiting Montreal. >>>>> >>>>> Looking for this to be a project bike, that evolves over time. For >>>>> now though, I had a lot of new / lightly used parts on hand, so I'll be >>>>> using those and having the bike shop supply the rest (including some >>>>> handbill wheels for some lightly used 43mm GKSS tires I'm using on my >>>>> Fargo >>>>> in the winter). Build will be Shimano 11sp, with DT shifters and Tektro >>>>> RRL brake levers, and Tektro brakes. >>>>> >>>>> Purpose of the bike is all-road (where I live, a lot of that is paved, >>>>> but there are gravel roads further out), but will not be used much on >>>>> local >>>>> mixed-surface trails (where the Fargo excels). My current road bike will >>>>> be jealous, but I'm not kicking her to the curb just yet! >>>>> >>>>> Photos to come in February. >>>>> >>>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c7c5a6a8-47f6-4e66-ba7e-73872cad2208n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c7c5a6a8-47f6-4e66-ba7e-73872cad2208n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >> services >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >> >> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >> >> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >> >> -- >> > 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/d8ypFW9nJyE/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/CALuTfgvFt6q5xYBpDvCEY2Z8C35vOX7us41BqmD2kK0_aJagNg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvFt6q5xYBpDvCEY2Z8C35vOX7us41BqmD2kK0_aJagNg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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