The Original Poster was looking for a frameset that would stand in for a Rivendell Roadini. He was looking for recommendations for 1980s bikes that would suffice and indicated that the bikes he thought would fit the bill should cost $200-$300 complete. I'm not sure whether the OP found his <$300 Roadini complete substitute, but there was a lot of traffic from others looking for Roadini-like products without sharing the Original Poster's price targets/constraints.
Velo Orange just offered a sneak peek at their new rando frameset which appears to tick all the boxes. That may be an appealing option for some of the participants on this thread. As a 'bicycle shaped object' it matches the shape of a Roadini, just with a little bit shorter chainstays. It has a very svelte looking mono-stay seatstay setup that looks very deliberate and sleek, albeit a more modern look. Here's a link to the V-O blog. The Velo ORANGE Blog (velo-orange.blogspot.com) <https://velo-orange.blogspot.com/> There's no geo-chart or price, and no concrete availability schedule. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 8:45:29 AM UTC-7 Yankeebird wrote: > I would like a Roadini, but it's going to be a while, and I'm going > through some money constraints right now, and I don't mind fixing up > something else in the interim. I have a Cheviot right now, and it's my > primary main bike for everything. I also have a Surly CC that I built up > with an Alfine IGH 8 and Albatross bars, but I keep that at Mom's so when > my bro and I visit we have a bike to bang around on to blow off steam. > > I would really like a decent smooth steel frame that will take at least a > 32-38 tire, and I can build up either with another IGH/albatross or a > cassette and drop bars depending on my whims. Something zippier than my > Cheviot but not a straight up triathlon bike. > > I'd like to get my hands on a '86 Schwinn Passage (my brother has this > bike and it's an incredible) or an early/mid 80's Trek 720. But these > things are going for PREMIUM money, almost ridiculous. I value them as > $200-300 bikes, but they are listed at $800+ and it boggles my mind. > > Any other comparable frames to the above two I mentioned that I should be > looking at? What about Motobecanes? Do they have standard sizing for > components or am I going to be banging my head against the wall finding > French sized parts? > > Biking is something I enjoy, and I can do basic bike MX and can learn the > stuff I don't know, but I am not deep in the weeds of dorkdom when it comes > to bikes. I have other much deeper passions. I probably won't build a > wheel, but I can replace a BB. I know what I like and what I want when I > see it, if I'm pointed in the correct direction by those who know. Hence > this query. > -- 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/e2853a17-9257-42bf-ab14-6888c1a249ddn%40googlegroups.com.
