This is like the philosophical question that led to me abandoning bicycle discussion boards for a couple years starting around 2004. The OP of that particular discussion asked if his acquisition of an Atlantis or Rambouillet justified his referring to himself as a "Rivendell Owner". Some owners of custom Rivendells decided that the word "Rivendell" had too much cachet for owners of lowly and compromised Atlantises and Rambouillets. By that standard, your Rambouillet doesn't qualify as a Rivendell even in its pristine state. So you have nothing to lose, cachet-wise, by re-raking the fork.
On Jan 23, 8:51 am, Larry Powers <lapower...@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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 > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® goes where you go. On a PC, on the Web, on your > phone.http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/learnmore/versatility.aspx#mobile?... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
