Chris, I concur with your sentiments about the Roadeo, and have been a reader of your blog, articles etc.
I would be interested to learn more about some of your specific gear choices, particularly tires. Thanks Rob On Mar 18, 3:07 pm, "XO-1.org Rough Riders" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi gang: Thanks for the comments about my new Rivendell Roadeo. What > you see is just the initial build-up, done just in time to spend five > days riding it in Death Valley recently. I'll re-work it a bit soon > and will post a full report and lots of photos to my blog atwww.XO-1.org. > (The carbon bars, stem, and post were just to be ironic; as I value my > life and safety, they will come off tomorrow before I start trail > riding it to prepare for the Julian Death March.) > > As for the paint, not to mention the non-standard down-tube shifters > braze-ons, I got the frame from Rivendell with primer and had it > shipped straight to Joe Bell. The color is Barcelona Red, a Toyota > Prius color which I'd see on the freeway and liked. Besides the > shifter mounts, I also had JB add my Major Taylor Association and > Rough Stuff Fellowship decals beneath the clear coat on the top tube > and back of the seat tube. As always, he did a heckuva job with it. > > I love this bike so much, it's actually going to replace about eight > bikes in my stable! eBay is going to see my XO-1, RB-1, Kestrel 4000, > classic Raleigh, Tom-built Ritchey tandem, Alan Carbonio, Tom-build > Ritchey classic, and much more very soon, now that I have a bike with > the proper seat angle, super tire clearance, and the all-important > classic, timeless, purposeful aesthetic for randonneruing, Rough > Riding, and hauling butt all in one bike! > > BTW, it's a 59cm. > > I'll be riding it the next two Saturdays on our Mount Laguna rides, as > well as the next few Sundays on the trails near Julian while scouting > the Julian Death March route. (I plan to race that event on April 10 > on this bike, with 32mm cyclocross tyres). If you want to join the > Mount Laguna rides, we'll roll out of Major's Diner in Pine Valley at > 700am on 3/20 and 3/27. Anyone can join these rides, though they are > designed as training rides for our upcoming Mount Laguna Bicycle > Classic on April 17. I hope to see you out there! > > - Chris Kostman > La Jolla, CAhttp://www.XO-1.orghttp://www.adventurecorps.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
