on 12/5/10 7:54 PM, Kentileguy at [email protected] wrote: > Lots of great input. Thanks! According to Riv's sizing chart I'm right > between a 57 and a 59. I bought Homer used, so I didn't have much > choice. On the plus side, it was local, like new and reasonably > priced. I have no regrets about buying it and after alot of tweaking I > think the fit is just about right. The 7cm stem is probably not ideal > and I am a little leery about squeezing the 135mm rear triangle around > a 130mm hub.
You could put a couple of 2.5 mm spacers in there and ought to have plenty of room on the axle. That's what I did with my current wheelset on the AHH. > I'm not fixated on weight, but I was very surprised at > how much different the lighter wheelset felt. I've considered the Ram > (there's a sweet 58cm orange one on ebay right now), but I thought it > might be too similar to the Homer. Ideally I would test ride a Ram & > Roadeo side by side to be able to form my own opinions, but there's > little chance of that happening, so I'm relying on the collective > wisdom of the group. I own a Hilsen (Toyo-built) and have ridden the Roadeo around the neighborhood over at the RBWHQ&L. Setup was quite different from mine, but it had a noticeably snappy feel to it that made me salivate significantly. I think they are definitely different enough bicycles that each would morph towards discrete setups if I had them. But, as I've written before, Grant designs bicycles that handle in a way I appreciate. All the Rivendells I've ridden have a similarity - stable & predictable under all kinds of situations - which leads me to ride them in all manner of daffy conditions. For the Hilsen that means dirt access/fire roads, singletrack and more. If I had a Roadeo, I'd probably ride it the same way, especially since it it fits JB's and fenders. hope that's of some help, - Jim -- Jim Edgar [email protected] Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com "That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace." William Gibson - "All Tomorrow's Parties" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
