A drop bar Roadini with 25mm tires will feel great. With 32mm tires it's not going to feel like a 1993 Bridgestone RB-1 with 700x23 tires! But you already knew that. I don't think there's anything disappointing about the Roadini's ride. I think the extra long chainstay takes away from the "stick up your butt" feel of shorter chainstay bikes but that's a feature not a bug. I think you cannot compare anything with modern sized tires to a road bike that was optimized for 23mm tires way back when. Now if you're looking for lightweight you shouldn't be looking at a Rivendell.
On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 6:14:40 PM UTC-7 brenton...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi all, > > I have really fallen for these luscious new Roadini builds I've seen at > Riv and Blue Lug. > > I have a Sam Hillborne and love it. It's been through several iterations > of cockpit/racks/bags/brakes/wheels/tires and all have been really fun. > Right now it has flat bars with sweep, chunky 47mm tires, and is an > excellent all around adventure/trail/camping ride. It's currently my only > bike! > > Before the Sam, I rode 90s road bikes exclusively for 20 years, and those > worked great for city/commuting/neighborhood/pub rides. I've heard that the > Roadini does NOT offer that kind of > ride/speed/feel/handling/gusto/whatever, from several folks in this group. > > So am I fooling myself into thinking another $2500 Riv build is going to > scratch the itch? Or should I buy a <$500 Japanese Road Bike that can hold > 33s and actually feel some performance? > -- 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/8f57ac7d-cc99-4723-bf32-bc9903069b0cn%40googlegroups.com.
