Yes...those Roadeos are very nice , espcially the burgundy,and the Riv boys are superb at cherry-picking parts. I think with the 105 , you are probably hitting the sweet spot for function and price. Not in love with the 105 cranks' looks, mind you...but that's me
On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 7:10:51 AM UTC-5, Skenry wrote: > > Yes, the 105 stuff looks good and is a screaming deal too. I agree > about the cranks though, I could care less about the looks though, I just > don't need to start another bolt pattern in my parts bin. I've ridden the > stuff though, very nice and stiff. The front deraileur is tough to > adjust, but once you get it, it works amazingly well. > > With 105 groups going for about $400 shipped from England, its hard to not > buy some up. > > As for the STI levers themselves, they are the same form factor as the > Ultegra and Dura-Ace mechanicals. > > > > On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Lungimsam <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Just saw it this morning. >> http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/f-roadeo-wsf4.htm >> >> Not crazy about the crankset, but RBW sure does pick out nice looking and >> working stuff to put on their bikes. Stuff that doesn't break the bank, >> either, which is the best part. Sometimes when I am looking for parts I >> can't find something I like the looks of and I check the RBW site and they >> have something that hits the spot. Seems like the have a knack for getting >> their hands on nice stuff. >> >> If I had to get brifters, I'd like those 105's. They look very nice. I >> like that RBW pics nice stuff but not crazy expensive stuff. In fact, that >> stuff looks so good on that Roadeo that if I got a Roadeo I'd be torn >> between getting a brifter shifting set-up vs. friction Silver shifting set >> up. Partially because I'd want to give their fast-bike model a chance with >> a fast build, even though I love friction shifting and never really want to >> go back to brifters and indexing again. >> >> But that build just looks so light and fast and nice. 105 is >> reminiscent(sp?) of the original blue 'booyay build listed in the >> Rambouillet catalog, too. >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
