Originally Posted by
kingston
I can't speak for all randonneurs, but I have different bikes. My long distance bikes with compass tires are reserved for longer brevets. For training miles and JRA I prefer a different everything; geometry, gearing, wheels, tires, luggage, etc. It's the main thing that prevents me from getting myself a really nice randonneuring bike. I only use it a few times a year.
I'm not descended from the Princess Who Could not Abide the Pea but it takes a week or so to transition from the winter/wet bike back onto the newly serviced CF road bike before doing any hard efforts even though both are carefully fitted. The FG is a whole other deal requiring a good bit of seat time to re-adapt to the relentless nature and specific techniques of hours of never being in the "right" gear and getting up and over anyway.
-Bandera