Sell the Sam, buy the Roadini. That is the sensible thing to do. I am trying to not buy things I don't need...would have been good advice 5 bikes ago
On Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 8:17:54 AM UTC-5, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > On the other similar thread, there was lots of advice to simply strip down > the Sam and make it sportier rather than go with a Roadini. I'm not in that > camp when the rider already has an all purpose bike and is seeking light > load rec and club riding. Sure, there is some overlap with all Rivs--they > all have that silky, connected ride feel, they take tires that are wide > relative to the bike model's category, they can be easily outfitted to > carry stuff--but there are different models for more than just marketing > reasons. And I think the Roadeo and Roadini models in particular are spec'd > far enough apart from other models to have an appreciably different ride, > especially in a club ride situation. Your description of what you want to > do with the bike, as Lester points out, answers your question clearly. Not > that the Sam could not handle the task, but the Roadini is definitely the > better tool for that job description. If it is comfortably in your budget > at the moment, I would recommend shifting things around and selling unused > stuff to make way for a Roadini. > > On Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 7:40:04 PM UTC-5, Broccoli Cog wrote: >> >> Hello friends, I'm looking to do a road bike build and I am having >> trouble deciding between keeping the Sam Hillborne frameset that I already >> own or go in an entirely different direction starting from scratch with a >> new Roadini frameset. >> >> >> -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
