Roaduno catnip

[Edwin W]

From Will's email update today:

September: Roaduno complete and frames (lime-olive, purple and dark gold).

That's good news!

Roaduno dreaming,

Edwin

[mark etze]

I am excited to see the Uno in purple.

[JohnS]

Does any one have a link to a picture of a fully built Roaduno? I was looking for one the other day and the closest I could find was the pics of the three frames without paint. 

Thanks!

JohnS

[Doug H.]

John,

There is one on the linked blog below. You'll need to scroll a bit to find the photo. Note that the fork is mismatched. 

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Doug

[lconley]

I want one with Bullmoose bars and cantilevers, in purple of course. Need is a different matter...

Laing

[JohnS]

Thank you Doug. I think that was the only blug post that I didn't look at the other day.

JohnS

[iamkeith]

Keep in mind that, at some point after Grant revealed that purple/orange one, Will said that it was basically irrelevant because they were making so many changes.  

[dane...@gmail.com]

It seems this bike will be stickin with the longer chain stay/longer front end for swept bars style of things.  Has anyone ridden that type of Rivendell single speed often?  I'm curious what it feels like to do a lot of out of the saddle climbing in a hilly area.  

[lconley]

Depends on your body proportions. I have a long torso so my long bikes do not have swept back bars. My main ride last year was a Rivendell Mystery Bike single speed, but as you can see in the photo - hills are pretty non-existent here.

Laing

Delray Beach FL

[dane...@gmail.com]

Nice. Cool bike.

-Dan

NJ

[Edwin W]

According to the latest blahg/blug:

https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/grant-petersens-blog/june

"December: ROADUNO!!!! Frames and completes. PurpleRiv Purple, Dark Orange"

"The complete RoadUno bikes will probably come with a double and a chainguard. It's hard for US to pick your ideal gearing, but basically, if you live in a hilly area like I do, a triple beats a double. If your land is flat or you'll ride a normal geared bike in the hills, then two chainrings is enough. The complete RoadUnos will come with two rings, but no shifter or front derailer, and no rear derailer, but with "track-style" dropouts with a cable hanger. So multi-gearing it from one to two or three, is a minor DIY project."

"The RoadUno will be PurpleRiv Purple and a new ("Sergio") green."

So probably Purple and either Sergio green or dark orange.

Looking forward to seeing what they actually look like and how the completes come. I am guessing mid 2024.

Edwin

Nashville

[Brett Callahan]

Detour of sorts. Do the bolts on the IRD version of the faceplater stem look off to anyone else?  Shouldn't they be sunk into the...'holder bits'?  (the photo is of the stem on the roaduno from the blog post above, BTW. 

Brett

[Garth]

If you go to the IRiv or RD website Brett you'll see a nice detailed image showing the flush interface. Nitto welded stems are not flush either. I can relate to the sentiment .... "I remember when back in the day people gave a damm about making bike parts with elegance".

[Brett Callahan]

Ah, right you are, Garth. I should've googled before posting. I assumed they should be sunk in as is the case on my similar stem from Analog Cycles. I stand corrected!