yes, that Roadeo is very nicely done. My size too... can you box it up and send it to California? ;-}
One of the problems I've found with the 50-34 compacts is that I really like riding in a 39 or 40 ring most of the time on a roadish bike. The solution for me is a 50-40-28 (Camp) with an 11-30 cassette. Most of the time I'm using the 40... but those 2 mile climbs in the mountains at the end of the day.. that 28 is awful nice. ~Mike~ On Sep 12, 3:23 pm, Bob Cooper <robertcoo...@frontiernet.net> wrote: > Dave, > > That is one gorgeous bike. Thanks to Grant for designing it, and > thanks to you for posting the photos. > > This tread also includes comments about bike weight. I noticed earlier > today on the Waterford site -- where they have scans of historic > Schwinn brochures -- that my 1961 Schwinn American weighed fifty > pounds. I didn’t notice, at the time. > > It had one speed. > > Yesterday, I did this ride > > http://www.highlandercycletour.com/ > > on my 2000 Rivendell Road. As I went around a guy -- about the age of > my son -- who was sitting in the road on a nasty 23-percent grade, I > thought of my 30/24 low that I was using. > > I was dripping with sweat. 70-degree afternoon. I went by him at a > walking pace, and we had a nice conversation. I didn’t stop. I > couldn’t stop, because the hill was too steep to stop and get going > again. > > Just for some perspective: My buddy just got back from the Alps where > he did 18-percent grades. > > Regards, > > Bob “There Is No Gear That’s Too Low” Cooper -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
