I'm quite confident that you can get into the right position in terms of saddle height bars etc. on both the San Marcos and the Roadeo.
I'm also pretty sure that a half a pound here or there is not going to make you appreciably faster on a long solo ride. I think the tires that you use will make much more of a difference than the frame you get. Wide supple tires will make that long solo ride less jarring for the bones and less drag on your speed. For long solo rides, I don't think you need a rear rack. I think it's more convenient to have a small front rack (Mark's rack) and easy access to your jacket and some food etc. For extra storage, I use larger saddlebags... Good luck! Toshi On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Doug Williams <salg...@minbaritm.com> wrote: > I'm leaning strongly toward a San Marcos, but I can't seem to let go of the > idea of having a faster Roadeo. I like to do long solo rides. I ride with > others on occasion, but I don’t worry about racing or drafting anybody. I > want to be fast (doesn't everybody?) but I also want to be comfortable. Not > just because I like comfort (I do) but I also think that being comfortable > allows me to put in more effort, which makes me faster. Plus, at 55 years > old, I don’t recover as quickly as I used to. I want to be able to ride > daily. I don’t want to spend days “recovering” from the last ride. > > > > So which bike do you guys think would be better for long, comfortable, > randonneuring type (but not racing) riding? The San Marcos with the 6 degree > slope TT and very upright position? Or the Roadeo with the lighter tubing (a > little over half a pound, I think) and more “race bike” geometry? I would > put a threaded stem on the Roadeo and build it up pretty much the same as a > San Marcos. So I expect that I should be able to get the bars high enough on > either bike. But there are still differences in the bikes, and I wonder how > much “real world” difference there would be on a long ride. > > > > But then I keep going back and forth. The San Marcos can take a back rack > that could come in handy on longer rides. But then, I could clamp a rack on > the Roadeo if I really had to. The Roadeo is a drop-dead gorgeous “true > Rivendell” bike with a great paint job on higher quality steel. But then, > the San Marcos is $1,300 less. > > > > Analysis paralysis, I know. > > > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
