I tend to agree with Mr Lindsay. Having both, but keeping one, the ride is very similar between the BMC Road and Roadeo. And agree, aesthetics and build quality differ, but the BMC Road for a tig welded bike looks pretty nice. I retained the 62 cm BMC, the 61 cm Roadeo went to Mr "can you help me with my fender line" Guild. The BMC Road planes for me, the Roadeo is more comfortable on a longer ride. Same build bits on both all around except for stems and bars (threadless stem and dream bars v conventional and noodles).
Mike SLO CA On Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 9:09:34 AM UTC-8, ted wrote: > Bill, > > Thanks for sharing your impressions. Somehow I had gotten the idea RBW > intended the Roadini to be less expensive but functionally equivalent to > the Roadeo (similar to the previous Hillborne Hillson pair where GP has > written if he closes his eyes he cant tell which he is riding). I was > surprised when I read how different you found the Roadini and Roadeo to be, > and it left me wondering if the Black Mountain was functionally more like > one or the other or maybe someplace in between. > > again, thanks for the info > ted > > On Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 5:45:04 AM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> I'd call the Black Mountain a low cost Roadeo. Fits similar. Rides >> similar. It's nowhere near as beautiful, and well crafted aesthetically, >> but I consider it functionally equivalent. Having one of each in my >> collection (which I do) only "makes sense" if I'm going to keep them at >> different locations (which I do). My Black Mountain Road lives at my mom's >> house. I can grab it off the hook and rip off a 20 - 120 mile ride and >> it's like an old friend. The Black Mountain Road is different from the Leo >> in exactly the ways the Roadeo is different from the Leo. >> >> Another way to represent the difference in attitude that I've used before >> and that a couple listers found useful is this: On the Roadeo and on the >> Black Mountain Road, I feel a little bit weird if I'm not wearing racing >> kit. On the Leo, I felt a little bit weird if I was wearing racing kit. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 9:00:18 PM UTC-8, ted wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Bill. Could you also expound on how the black mountain road (not >>> plus) relates to the Roadini and Roadeo? >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/53a91554-9898-478f-8d61-b63119da761d%40googlegroups.com.
