BUYING Ribble Road Carbon Dedacciai Ribelle Veloce 10 Double

kityatyi
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Hi!
Does any of you have experience using the Ribble Road Carbon Dedacciai Ribelle Veloce 10 Double road bike? I am planning to buy one as they really look great. This would be my first good bike and it is really affordable, I hope the quality is good too. I am Hungarian, and the 1250 GBP I pay for it is really a lot of money for me, this is why I ask for your opinions. It looks wonderful, and other Ribble bikes got good reviews but I could not find anything more specific to this one. Please let me know if you have this bike, how does it perform, what are the weak points, what is good or bad. I am 180-181 cm tall, what do you think, the 54 cm or the 57 is better? Thank you very much! Zsolt from Budapest
Does any of you have experience using the Ribble Road Carbon Dedacciai Ribelle Veloce 10 Double road bike? I am planning to buy one as they really look great. This would be my first good bike and it is really affordable, I hope the quality is good too. I am Hungarian, and the 1250 GBP I pay for it is really a lot of money for me, this is why I ask for your opinions. It looks wonderful, and other Ribble bikes got good reviews but I could not find anything more specific to this one. Please let me know if you have this bike, how does it perform, what are the weak points, what is good or bad. I am 180-181 cm tall, what do you think, the 54 cm or the 57 is better? Thank you very much! Zsolt from Budapest
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Also, I would need some advice on which chainset to order? I think I will go for the standard double, but to be honest I have no idea what is the difference btw double and compact. I would be riding the bike on flat terrain mostly with some rolling hills occassionally and only very seldom seriosuly mountainous. Is the double chainset OK or should I go for the compact?0
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For the gearing, compare what you currently have (assuming you already have a bike) to the Ribble options using gear inches on this calculator:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gears/
It sounds like a standard double with a typical cassette might well suit you but without knowing your level of fitness or the terrian you'll be riding it's impossible to say.
I have a Ribble Sportive and I went for 53/39 and a 12-25 cassette which works for me but everyone is different.
I can't help with the Ribelle as I've never seen or ridden one. I would say that the Sportive gets you a better groupset for less money, but the Ribelle is probably a better frame. I don't know for sure though.
Matthew0 -
Ditto MajorMantra, I have the Sportive with Campagnolo Centaur, but I went Compact (50/34) with a 12/25 cassette as we have a lot of steep hills in this part of the U.K. (Sussex) - actually in lots of parts of the U.K. !
If you do not have many hills or mountains & are reasonably fit, then standard double should be O.K.
Sportive frame really very good but your bike probably more a "race" frame, the Sportive is built more for comfort on long ridesMy knees hurt !0 -
Thanks guys!
This will be my first serious (road) bike - I rode only mountain bikes before. Actually I had a road bike when I was 17, so around ten years ago, but that was an old crap.
My level of fitness is avege I guess and we do not have those very steep mountains here. But for me, maybe an easier climb would still be difficult.
I would choose the double chainset but unsure which casette size. You mentioned "typical" casette size. Which one is the typical? 12-25 perhaps?
I am going to choose between the Ribelle frame or the Nero RC frame.
Thanks a million,
Zsolt0 -
12-25 is fairly common with a standard double for general riding. 11-23 would be typical for racing. For serious climbing 50/34 with 12-27 (or maybe even lower) would be suitable.
When I was choosing my gearing I found this thread very helpful:
http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showt ... p?p=656407
Matthew0 -
I realize this is an older thread. I own a 2008 Ribelle.
I had my Ribelle imported to the U.S. by Bringeli in Cincinatti. It came from Cremona, Italy, where my family also comes from. I bought this frame in part because it looked like it might be stiff and fast and mostly because it is from where I come from, Cremona.
I built it with Campagnolo Record Carbon grouppo and a medium cage rear der. with Centarur cogs. I was able to mix two cassettes (11/23 and 13/29) to get 11/29 in the rear. Compact in the front (34/50). So it can still descend and hit speeds that are fun and climb like a billy goat.
At 50 percent or less of list price on all the parts I bought, I have about $6,000 into this bike. The 12K modulus wave fork is good. Synapsi bars.
Let me just say that this frame and bike is a dream bike. It is stable at high speeds, light, fast, vertical compliance to some extent (potholes don't kill me) and laterally stiff.
The bike has far exceeded my wildest dreams! You gotta get one!
I have two negatives. 1) I'd be really upset if it got stolen. 2) at high speed on rough roads it does buck a bit and I feel like I have to work to stay on the bike and not get tossed off.
By high speeds and rough roads I mean 40+ mph where there are potholes that are open and nasty to hit and filled potholes that have uneven fill in them. (Freedman Road in Tucson northbound from Old Spanish Trail.)
I love this bike and cherish every opportunity to take it out for a ride. With the Eurus 2-way and Tufo tires and a massive Selle Anatomica Titanico saddle, this thing weighs in the 17 pound range. I think about a half pound less if I change to Shamal wheels and another pound less if I go to a light saddle (but I love the leather Titanico). More weight can be shed by going to light weight skewers and a lighter seat post. That's about it. Unless you get away from Campy, you won't get this bike much under 16 pounds for a medium frame (51 size with 53.5 top tube).
I can't say enough good about this bike. It is a frame that you just have to get and you won't regret it. I'm a heavy guy, about 230 pounds and 5'8" so since this can perform like the wind with my fat self, then its a real keeper.
I love riding this thing and it gets looks everywhere I go. The frame has that italian style and shape to it and there are very few Ribelle's around.0