Would be ideal if you could find a Roadini in your size and try it out....I think it is a significant change even if it's not eye-poppingly lighter than the Platypii and a good place to start if it *has* to be a Rivendell. You'll still get the benefits of the design. If it turns out to be your cup of tea, you could ride it while you get in line for that lighter Roadeo and then sell the Roadini off.
Yes, I did ride my Rivendell Road on longer club rides where other bikes would have put me at more of a disadvantage. My 82.5 PBH put me on a 56 frame when I ordered mine in 2000. At that time I had an Italian Rossin I bought in 1987, full vintage Campagnolo, but I wanted something a little more chill; the Rossin felt like a handful, especially if I was tired. It was fast and fun, until it wasn't anymore. I sold that Rossin to a neighbor and didn't lose a wink of sleep about selling it.The Riv Road was well worth the wait with the dreamy ride we all know and love. My Rivendells, I'm still hanging onto, for now. Call me a hoarder, but not ready to get rid of them yet. Not even sure I'd find a market for them up here in Winnipeg and I would certainly get a lot less than what I paid for them. Why am I not surprised that you'd start thinking about a Rivendell road bike ? On Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 2:33:50 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > I’m starting to wonder about a roadbike. But it has to be a Rivendell > roadbike because I’m loyal and all that. Anyway, I don’t know that the > Roadini really offers enough of a change for me. I have no idea what is > going on with the Gallup. Then there’s the Roadeo - that one looks great > but there’s a 2 year wait, unless I can find one used. Which would be > ideal. > > Who rides their Rivbike in club rides and what do you ride? Who has a > Roadeo that never gets ridden and wants to sell it? I don’t even know what > size I’d be but I’m an 81 PBH. Must I ride drop bars? I never have before. > I know nothing about any of this. Clearly. > > Note: I still like my raspberry Platypus for club riding but it does take > a toll on me in wind. I recently got a shorter-height, longer-reach stem > which marginally helped, but our high spring winds are taking it out of me. > I did a club ride yesterday with my women’s group and my heart rate was in > the 170s the whole 26.3 miles. It was brutal. Everyone else agreed it was a > hard ride, but I felt like it was harder on me than them, and I’m the > youngest and probably the most fit. > > Leah > -- 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/c6d51748-a12a-44ce-99c3-d4a1eee2a576n%40googlegroups.com.
