Abomination? Riv Road "upgrades"

[EGNolan]

I'll give lots more background on the backstory and handwringing that led to this if you want, but long story short: I scored a mismatched (different eras, different materials, different depths) set of Zipp wheels extremely cheaply recently and decided to turn my Bosco'd 650b conversion Riv Road back into a road bike set up for road riding. Pairing the wheels with some on-sale Vittoria Corsa G2.0 in 32 width made the bike smoother than with 650b x 42 GravelKings and loads faster. Is it an abomination? Heresy? Who knows? Who cares? It's fun, lighter and I'm enjoying the set up for now (though I may need a larger chainring now...)

Enjoy (or not):

Best,

Eric 

Indpls

[Bernard Duhon]

 

 

 

 

 

 

If anyone cares will they rather you buy a CFB?

 

Do whats necessary to ride the bike you have.

 

Best,

Eric 

Indpls

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[Bill Lindsay]

Whatever gets you riding it.  Carbon rims are "invisible" if they have a decent braking surface, as those appear to have.  I think it's fun.  Grant poked fun at the 20-spoke front wheel on my new Roadeo.  Those wheels are definitely ugly but ugly gets you a good price sometimes.  Lean into it and you can make ugly work for you.  You've got a very very good shade of green to counterbalance the wheels.  

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[Bill Lindsay]

...speaking of getting fancy wheels on the cheap, I had been watching some HED tubulars really cheap on eBay and finally pulled the trigger.  They are now installed on my Legolas, so we can start our Rivendells with tubulars thread.  

BL in EC

[Bernard Duhon]

 

 

 

How about riv with Campy neutron or protons

 

 

 

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Best,

Eric 

Indpls

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[reynoldslugs]

Eric - 

go for it, ride it, enjoy it.

I  have a lovely 2003 Rivendell Custom. 

In its first iteration, I put Mavic Ksyriums on it.

Admiittedly, it looks better without the Ksyriums -  

https://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/albums/72157625808579123/

but I was happy riding them for a while, the bike still road great.  I got some funny looks but kept going.

Story of my life, as it were -

anyway, enjoy your bike.

best,

Max Beach

Santa Rosa CA

On Monday, March 18, 2024 at 7:57:32 AM UTC-7 EGNolan wrote:

[Jay]

I like it!  Splash some red, maybe bar tape, and it all works together nicely.  I had my first ride on some Corsa Pro tires and agree, they are fast.

[Ryan]

And Eric it looks like you have some other choices in your garage if you want to go upright...if the wheels are fun why not?

[Josh (BertoBerg)]

Do whatever makes you happy! I have carbon bits on my Homer so we can be abominations together.

Josh

Seattle, WA

[Brewster Fong]

I think carbon wheels have come a long way!  I recently bought a set of BTLOS carbon rim brake wheels and love them! They hold up to my 200lb weight, are aero (45mm deep rims), and super light (the wheelset came with a listed weight of 1305g - 729g rear and 576g front)! That's tubular wheel weight! The weight was a surprise as the estimate they gave when I finished selecting the parts was 1325 +/- 25g, so I was expecting 1350g! 

Still the wheels have been fantastic and with Reynolds blue carbon pads, I find the braking to be excellent, although I haven't ridden them in the wet. There's little to no flex and they seem to hold up to everything I put them through as I do occasional rides on gravely roads.

I'm now thinking maybe I should get a set for my Della Santa, which has standard 32h Mavic Open Pro rims and Campy Record hubs...lol

Of course, YMMV!

Good Luck!

[Jay]

I looked up those BTLOS wheels, very affordable and generally good reviews.

My road bike has Dura-Ace C24, which I believe are just over 1400g.  When I start more road rides in the spring I'm going to try out the Roadini, in rides with my faster friend, and see how I do in comparison to my road bike.  One day, I may use this wheelset on the Roadini and that may tip the scales to this being my road bike with this wheelset, and the main wheelset with 43mm's being the all-road bike.

[Patrick Moore]

I think it looks rather nice, and if it fits and rides well to suit your needs, kudos.

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[Ted Durant]

On Monday, March 18, 2024 at 9:57:32 AM UTC-5 EGNolan wrote:

 Pairing the wheels with some on-sale Vittoria Corsa G2.0 in 32 width made the bike smoother than with 650b x 42 GravelKings and loads faster. Is it an abomination? Heresy? 

Well, my only personal feeling about Eric's bike is that the graphics on the rims are kinda loud. Love the Ritchey cranks, though!

I sold my Heron Touring bike to a friend, for whom it was a perfect fit. His brother-in-law, a hard-core road bike kinda guy, had a snazzy pair of "last year's" carbon fiber wheels that he gave to my friend for cheap. I was initially horrified by it and the cork pads he'd manage to find for the cantilever brakes, but he was happy and rode it a LOT, so that made me happy.

I have a lovely Campagnolo Daytona group on my Rivendell Road, with wheels built by Joe Young using shiny, light, skinny FIR rims. I just discovered that Rene Herse 32mm tires fit with room to spare, measuring 29mm on those skinny rims. I also found a NOS 13-26 cassette to replace the 12-23 that I had on there. Talk about an upgrade!  All of a sudden I like this bike a lot more.

Ted Durant

Milwaukee, WI USA 

[Max S]

Sometimes it's nice to fuss, and sometimes it feels good to just dirt-bag it! For full effect, you should do mismatched bar tape and water bottles! 

- Max "occasional dirtbag" in A2

[EGNolan]

I got a few fun rides in & then this li'l ne'er do-well latched on earlier this week, so I haven't been riding this bike. I'm leaning towards removing the red Zipp stickers and going with black bar tape. I may well add a 404 front as they're found on their own fairly reasonably (not nearly as cheaply as the rear mind you) priced. I'll attempt a boot, but I'm fully prepared to replace the tire (after less than 100 miles) if need be. Thanks for all the feedback, so far rides indicate that this bike is comfortable, stable and fast (enough for me!).

Eric

Indpls