I love my Rambouillet! I can put a small handle bar bag or a decent size saddle bag and carry quite a bit, but it really shines on the long club rides in the mountains - comfy, fast, climbs nicely, and desends fast and steady, great all around road manners. I don't need a new bike but I'm glad others will have the opportunity to experience the joy of the pure road bike. Michael
On Jul 7, 3:00 pm, rcnute <rcn...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Me too. Funny how the desire for skinny tires and low handlebars > seems to spring up this time of year... :) > > On Jul 7, 10:58 am, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Great news. A pure road bike would be perfect. > > > From the Riv Road and Long Low thinking comes the Ram/Rom/Redwood, > > which, like Jim wrote, detours through 650B country bike riding, and > > vectors toward the Hilsen, Hillborne --- Atlantis. Now back to a > > lugged steel "road" bike for club riding and all business hard > > efforts. Kind of makes me want to take the Jack Browns off my Romulus > > and put the 28s Paselas back on. > > > Or, perhaps like Dustin, I'm watching too much of Le Tour. > > > Esteban > > San Diego, Calif. > > > On Jul 7, 8:59 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > That's really interesting news. I recall when the Rambouillet came out, > > > it > > > seemed so dramatic to have the clearances that it did. From there, the > > > evolution of interest in 650B/584 pushed the development of large volume > > > 700C/622 tires, which, in turn gave us the Hilsen. (And from the Hilsen, > > > we > > > now have the Hillborne, et. al.) > > > > Once the limit stake got driven into the ground with the big clearance > > > frame > > > with large volume tires, it seems like it let them refine the lineup in > > > the > > > opposite direction. The idea of a new design, with all that GP has learned > > > in the ensuing years, will be very exciting to see. > > > > Anyone who has followed this or the iBob list has heard the lamenting at > > > the > > > "loss" of the Rambouillet. Based on what folks wished for, it seems like > > > the .... (new design)... will bring all that and a bag of chips. > > > > Darned good news! > > > > - J > > > > -- > > > Jim Edgar > > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > > Your Photos are needed! - Send them here > > > -http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines > > > > "I threw one leg over my battle-scarred all-terrain stump-jumper and rode > > > several miles to work. I'd sprayed it with some cheap gold paint so it > > > wouldn't look nice. Locked my bike to a radiator, because you never knew, > > > and went in." > > > -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac"- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
