On Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 6:23:07 AM UTC-7 R Olson wrote:
As far as ride goes, the Roadeo and Crust are most similar. The Roadini is in a different category. The Crust has a lower BB, which I think moderates the ability to accelerate, but makes it very comfortable to ride. .... The Roadini is reminiscint of my Surly LHT actually. It's heavier, more plodding, but extremely comfortable because of the super high stack and long wheelbase. I rode it up and over Vail Pass and it was fine. It was about 26 lbs. The lower BB on the Crust grants you a longer chainstay, which does reduce the responsiveness to hard efforts. The Roadini has an even longer chainstay (45cm), which decreases the responsiveness even further. Having said that, I got my 55cm Roadini down to 10.18kg (22 pounds), and took it on a credit card tour this weekend (photos link: https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/8mdChvXpQmq82T18TJOwOw.tslzytrIqXahDLrxvw6js0) and it rode great, except for a section where I had to stand up for an extended time on a 14% grade. On a tour you aren't not actively sprinting and trying to stay in the draft of a group so it doesn't matter as much. Neither is that responsiveness important on a long solo ride where you're not actively sprinting. If I were to build a custom road bike I'd go for lighter tubing than the Roadini uses, drop the BB another 5mm, and reduce the chainstay length by 1cm or so (44 or 43.5cm chainstay). Then it would be an ideal "do everything" road bike. -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f02a3349-4a2d-48b8-8521-539085670226n%40googlegroups.com.
