I randonneur on a Rambouillet with a large Berthoud handlebar bag. Most of the
time there are no issues with this but when I am tired and climbing steep hills
I can notice the affect of the bag. For this reason and because I would also
be able to run bigger tires with fenders, I have toyed with getting a new fork
for the bike. If I did would this still be a Riv Rambouillet? Riv/Grant
intentionally build high trail bikes so modifying one of their bikes to a low
trail bike goes against their philosophy and In my mind creates a bike that is
no longer a Rivendell.
This is merely a philisophical question I am pondering while at work. Many
people love to tinker and there is nothing wrong with that. When my beautiful
orange Rambouillet finally needs a paint job I may decide to modify it by
changing the fork and adding canti studs but when I do I am not sure that I can
say it is a Rivendell.Larry Powers
"just when you think that you've been gyped the bearded lady comes and does a
double back flip" - John Hiatt
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