on 11/23/08 11:56 AM, usuk2007 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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.
Remember, the Rambouillet is not lost, just sleeping... ;^) According to the site, the October batch did sell through (my guess to pre-orders, as they never became available that I saw.) I'm sure that point won't be missed by GP and the gang. No one has said that it's going away. On the geo-charts, it's a 1.5 cm diff in chainstay length, and I'm not sure there's a lot of difference in the frame/fork weight. I know that they opted for the lighter-than-'lantis tube set. In the year that I've had mine, it's done a ridiculously wide range of activities - brevets, mixed-terrain, long road loops, singletrack and now cx racing. I secretly love riding with folks on open-wheeled racers, and hearing them scatter and screech behind me as I roll over broken pavement or other road topography while the JB's are happily smoothing out the ride. It's a great bicycle design. And I guess that I'd rather see them deliver short, sold-out runs of Rambouillets (and Hilsens, Bombadils or Atlantii, for that matter), if it lets RBW keep cash-nimble enough to swing the run of more affordable models for '09. - Jim -- Jim Edgar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Current Classics Bicycle Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc Cross Bike Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/cx Single Speed Garage Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/ssg Working Bikes & Practical Hardware - http://www.cyclofiend.com/working Work Shops of the iBob's - http://www.cyclofiend.com/shop Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace." William Gibson - "All Tomorrow's Parties" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
