Hmm... I live somewhere hilly (Vermont) and ride my roadini on everything granted the pads on the 559s on the roadini are high in the slot nd i swapped out for Kool Stops. Not arguing that they are the most powerful brakes ever but they seem to do the job.
-Dan On Friday, June 28, 2024 at 9:51:24 AM UTC-4 DavidP wrote: > A Paul Racer (or other centerpull) could be used on a RoadUno (or Homer, > Roadini, etc.), you'd just need to add cable hangers at the headset/stem > and seat binder bolt. > > My primary road bike is a Malocchio with 559s and fenders. I also have a > Pescadero with maxed out GC610 centerpulls. I've had these bikes setup with > the same fenders, wheels, and tires (moved most of the parts from the > Pescadero to the Malocchio frame when I got it). Breaking performance > between the two setups seems about the same to me and has been perfectly > adequate even when caught in a downpour on the 559s, but (1) I'm fairly > light and live in an area with rolling hills and (2) the 559s are not maxed > out on the front of the Malocchio. > > Riv says the RoadUno takes 46mm without a fender and 43mm with - maybe > they haven't actually set one up with 43s and 559s but that doesn't sound > problematic to me and my experience with 559s and fenders hasn't been > problematic. > > I like the RoadUno and am looking forward to seeing the builds, but am not > planning on getting one. My RoadUno proxy is a Handsome Devil with 38s, > fenders, and cantilevers, built up this spring and soon to be converted to > 3x1. It also brakes fine. > > -Dave > > On Friday, June 28, 2024 at 9:37:02 AM UTC-4 Richard Rose wrote: > >> Is the Paul Racer not an option on these bikes? >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 28, 2024, at 8:57 AM, Mathias Steiner <mathiass...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I'm going to write it down to see if I'm the only one who thinks the >> following: >> >> >> >> (i) I'm glad the Tektro 559s are available. Even with the pads all the >> way down, they allow "OK" braking even with the factory pads. I'm not sure >> I'd be happy if I lived where it's hilly. >> >> (ii) Fenders are problematic because the 559s provide obstacles much >> lower than the brake bridge/fork crown. >> Notably, there's a spring sticking down; the silver Roaduno pictures show >> that clearly. >> >> (iii) Braking is better with Cantis, much better with V brakes. Overall I >> prefer cantilever, for the versatility. >> >> On Friday, June 28, 2024 at 7:14:51 AM UTC-4 saxt...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> For sure, I was in the hunq camp, but I get why a slightly lighter >>> weight option makes sense. I would have been happy with a SS Hillborne as >>> canti’s would have allowed for just a little bit more tire/fender >>> clearance, I was still tempted when I saw that 650b was the wheel size for >>> my size frame as that’d be different than what I have, but the LR brakes >>> kill it for me. >>> >>> On Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 9:51:07 PM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>>> It's clear lots of people wanted a single speed Appaloosa or a single >>>> speed Hunqapillar. It's natural for those people to be sad that Rivendell >>>> offered a single speed A. Homer Hilsen instead. Those who wanted a single >>>> speed A Homer Hilsen are presumably pleased. >>>> >>>> Bill Lindsay >>>> El Cerrito, CA >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 6:13:07 PM UTC-7 brendonoid wrote: >>>> >>>>> Another Riv that excited me until the inexplicable change to sidepulls. >>>>> >>>>> I think I know why Riv has done this twice now but damn it is annoying. >>>>> >>>> -- >> >> 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/2c1d0087-02dd-4786-97c5-61c9d6f5240en%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2c1d0087-02dd-4786-97c5-61c9d6f5240en%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/56c8ac2b-cb50-44b3-b04f-e9560e01aecen%40googlegroups.com.
