My riding is 22 mile round trip commutes. Roadeo is for nice weather, light rain. Banana sax size load only. 650b Rambouillet is for any weather/winter riding. Now fendered with front rack and dyno lights and Berthoud bag for extra layers/jacket in winter, etc.
Over the spring and summer I had both bikes stripped down and only banana sax load so it was a fun comparison. They now both have Selle Anatomica x2 saddles instead of Flyers so that saves .9lbs. on each bike. Builds are very close. Noodles/Nitto stems/BLR400 brake levers/Tektro brakes/XD2 cranksets/HG51 8-speed cassettes, SRAM chains/Kalloy seatposts/Silver DT shifters. Wheelsets differ., though. I will try to get the Roadeo wheels onto the Rambouillet to see what happens. But I just put the Honjos on the Rambouillet and don't know if they will fit under them. If they do maybe I will go back to 700c on the Rambouillet. Interesting experiment. Ram stripped down is 25 lbs. (no fenders/racks/decaleur). Roadeo was 24.3lbs., but with a Flyer saddle. Now should be .9lbs lighter with the X2 saddle. I will have to re-weigh after getting the dyno wheels on and lights. -- 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.
