You can ride as many cogs per given ring as long as you comfortable with it, it might be rather noisey in the big/big. Pro road racers will ride big/big because they've ridden it enough to know it's rideable, and they're paid to ride and race the bike, not baby it. If the gear is there they use it. Most pros prefer riding the big ring as much as possible anyways as there is less friction in the drivetrain.
Do swap put the brake pads for some Kool-Stops, Tektro stock pads are among the worst ever, like using sanding blocks. On Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 7:23:08 AM UTC-4 Ryan Fleming wrote: > Nice,Patrick...glad the bike is mostly working out for you...I agree that > silver cold-forged aluminum is more to my taste...but I don't dislike the > black; it's striking in its own way. It would be hard to shittify such a > lovely frame, IMO. And its previous owner evidently took good care of it > > On Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 6:06:26 AM UTC-5 Dan wrote: > >> Thanks for the lovely review Patrick. Seems like it's exactly what you >> were after in your long search for a bike! And welcome back to the world of >> indexed shifting, ha. >> >> For what it's worth, though not carbon fibre my 57cm Roadini with MKS >> flat pedals, 32H Quill rims and 38mm Rene Herse Extralights (tubeless), two >> bottle cages and a 2x10 drivetrain is ~11.7kg, with fenders. Without >> fenders I estimate that to be 11.2kg, or about 24.7 pounds. That's fine for >> me. >> >> On Tuesday, 21 October 2025 at 13:38:36 UTC+10:30 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> One more and I’ll shut up for the night. >>> >>> The Roadeo ready to ride but not furnished — pedals and cages but no >>> luggage — weighs 20.6 digital lbs. Add the seat bag with rather full kit >>> and it’s up to 22.3 lb. >>> >>> Curious what riders on both lists find their comparably weighed carbon >>> fiber bikes to weight. Again, pedals, saddle, bottle cages, but no luggage, >>> frame pump, lighting, fenders, racks, baskets, figureheads, and so forth. >>> >> -- 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/506797c8-6753-43c7-8573-9f27948c5cd5n%40googlegroups.com.
