I'm not at all faulting your decision to sell your Roadini, but my 2 most recent Road customs have 45 mm stays and define my idea of impeccable handling with bar 3-4 cm below saddle, tho' on 8 cm stems. Dodging potholes is easy! 73* sta, tho' saddle pretty far back on rails.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 7:44 PM Matt Dreher <99m...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've harped a lot about my travails with my 61 Roadini on here and on > iBOB, and having just sold it I may as well bring it up for the last time > because I think it's important to know why you love something. > > What makes the Roadini so special is the chainstay length, running from 45 > to 46cm and rising 5mm every size. Mine didn't work out for me because I > started wanting to take a very un-Rivendell fit with my bars about level > with the saddle and a 100mm stem. That put my center of mass way further > forward than it would otherwise, which I found had really adverse effects > on my handling. Small position changes like avoiding potholes felt like > they were two consecutive motions instead of one and I felt my rear > reaching its limit of traction under hard cornering too easily. After I got > a bike with 41.5 stays I realized that that's what was going on, I was > taking a position that loaded up my front wheel more and took too much > weight off the back than what Grant was designing for. > > That's also what makes it so good for a position that puts your bars > significantly higher than the saddle. If I were to try that upright > Rivendell position on that 41.5-stay bike it would feel awful, far too > light in the front because there's so much weight on the rear wheel. With > the Roadini taking an upright position is fine because the geometry lets > you maintain a neutral weight distribution and good handling. > > I'm not sorry I owned it, it was a wonderful bike and it taught me a lot > about how geometry can imply a certain fit. Glad you're all enjoying yours > so much! > > On Friday, April 10, 2020 at 8:56:29 PM UTC-5, Dave Grossman wrote: >> >> I bought a Roadini frameset a over a year ago and finally got around to >> building it up during the crisis. As a father of small children, my time >> to ride outside of family rides and commuting is limited, so I was hesitant >> to put money into a road bike. I couldn't be more glad that I did. >> >> The bike is the most unaggressive-aggressive bike I have owned. It has a >> terrific riding position (I have a 90 pbh and bought the 61 to be on a >> "bigger" bike and it was a good choice), and I feel like I am in the bike >> as opposed to feeling like a rock in a slingshot. It does everything a >> road bike should do, and I don't get off feeling beaten by the road. >> Anyhow, thanks to Grant for making a bike unlike any other bike brand >> today. I'm proud to be a two Riv garage (I have a Hunq also). >> >> Build: >> Nitto Ui-12 31.8 Stem >> Salsa Woodchipper Bars 46cm >> Dura Ace 7400 Cranks (49/39) >> Dura Ace 7700 Bar Ends >> Sram 11-34 9 speed Cassette >> Deore 9 RD >> Sora FD >> Mavic CXP 33s Laced To CK Classics >> Schwalbe One 28s >> Berthoud Saddle >> >> >> I'll get a pic up soon. >> > -- > 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/9609cc83-b9fd-48fd-bd2c-32f5e6ac4ef2%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9609cc83-b9fd-48fd-bd2c-32f5e6ac4ef2%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfgvNczCWPQj58r0qO93FgKf9ntJBAm164_1Y2h5sox%2BsRg%40mail.gmail.com.
