Franco, I rode the path you did to get a fit for the legs, which are too long/torso is too short for my height phenotype. Very happy to read of your path in the darkness to enlightenment, Lyme-induced or otherwise. Riv owners always relate to the Eureka! moment.
I did it with my Roadini predecessor Rambouillet twenty-four years ago, ordering after a talk with Grant and the improbability of a custom due to the time restriction of an invitation to join a group on the TransAm. I had fiddled and bodged my way around my physical habitus for several years after college, being firmly of production bike finances. Still, I realized my RB-1 and XO-2 were neither good fits after four hours of riding, and something had to drop. Grant detailed the Ram and specific design points that moved it into a strong option for me rather than hoping for a custom in an unlikely timeframe. I got my Rambouillet the night before traveling to meet my TransAm group in Yorktown, VA to start our light credit card ride west. My test rides began with the Williamsburg Parkway, then into the Appalachian Mountains. I had the OE option of TA Zephyr cranks in 46-36-24 triple format and indexing 105 bar end shifters. I was also breaking in a Brooks B-17 professional from new on this adventure. By the end of Kentucky, I switched to friction shifting. Since that ride, I replaced the 105 bar ends with a set of Suntour AccuShift bar end shifters for their much more tactilely pleasing friction operations and switched the Zephyr cranks to 44-24 double. A 110mm 33t existed, but overcome that tooth by cassette choices and OCD-repellant deep breaths. Today, my Rambouillet has changed very little for fit; I use the same Nitto bar and stem length. Perhaps twice over the years I adjusted stem insertion a bit. The last time I messed with saddle height was because of a new pair of riding shoes. What was right, still is. I hope that age doesn't get to involved in the future, I'm riding to be sure it is very discrete if so. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 9:45:51 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > Hello to all, > > Last night, I could not sleep. I’m not quite sure what my recent struggles > are with the extremities of sleep as it appears in my life, because at > times I sleep too much and at times I just don’t wanna sleep, and this all > appears to have occurred more so after experiencing Lyme disease. > > Last night at about midnight, I decided to watch some bike, fit videos, > after getting my own bike fit, to explore the proper way to set up drop > bars. That quickly evolved into me, dismantling the bars on my Rodini, > adjusting the hood height, adjusting the rotational angle of the bars, and > re-wrapping the bars, out of all of which, I must say wrapping the bars was > the most difficult and most frustrating. > > Fast-forward, to 1:30 in the morning, and I’m riding the Roadini around > Far Rockaway Beach Queens, enjoying how well it fits, how comfortable it > is, and how I just don’t wanna get off the bike to explore whether or not > maybe I’m ready to go to sleep. > > And so today I start the day with a roadini that finally fits, despite my > awkward proportions with 88cm pbh at 5’9 and short reach torsoe and long > shins. > > My next move I believe will be to convert it to friction and move the > small ring on my 2x from 34 to a 30. > > If anyone one would like to chime in on their chainring sizes on their > roadini set up, please do! And like wise if you want to chime in on how > your roadini rides with a rando rack and back front loaded, again, please > do. > > Thank you! > > Franco Rinaldi > c: 646.403.0661 <(646)%20403-0661> > > -Pardon any typos, Siri typed this message- -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/88204f0a-9bf0-4c51-9aeb-4f71774c4146n%40googlegroups.com.
