How much difference can there be in weight and wheelbase between a Ramboullet
and an AHH?
Just curious.
--- On Sun, 11/23/08, usuk2007 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: usuk2007 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [RBW] Re: Comparing Bikes
> To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 2:56 PM
> Jim,
> I agree with your comments, the Riv bikes are different,
> which is why
> I lament the loss
> of the road/sport tourer end of the model spectrum.
> There's the
> Legolas, but it's a bit
> too lightweight and specialized and the AHH has just too
> long a wheel
> base and is
> just that bit heavy to be a real road bike. I'm by no
> means a racer,
> but the I feel that the absence
> of a good versatile road bike from the Riv family is a sad
> state of
> affairs.
> .
> >
> > I think the RBW models are "different
> enough". That is to say if you come
> > in wanting a rough-stuff bike or touring bike,
> there's enough difference
> > between the models that you'll lean towards a
> Hilsen or an Atlantis. But -
> > and for me, this is the true genius of Grant's
> designs - when you want to
> > mix things up and run the bike in an entirely
> different manner, it will
> > handle that just fine.
>
> >
> > "Steel's what you want for a messenger bike.
> Weight. Big basket up front.
> > Not cardboard with some crazy aramid shit wrapped
> around it, weighs about as
> > much as a sandwich."
> > -- William Gibson, "Virtual Light"
>
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