what was wrong with the rambi- it did all the new frame is offering and more! sure take the weight down a bit - outsource it - but try to keep the versatility and neutral handling, or at least let it take at at least 32c with fenders.
and make it a really bright metallic blue --LOL On Jul 9, 3:09 am, Forrest <ftme...@me.com> wrote: > Call it "Roadio Flyer." Wonder what the lawyers would do with that? > -- Forrest (Iowa City) > > On Jul 6, 6:15 pm, ericda...@gmail.com wrote: > > > This sounds pretty nice (from the keyhole section of the Riv site): > > > We're working on sort-of-a-Ramboiullet replacement, but more of a > > club-riding bike, so even lighter. It will be called one of these: > > Rodeo...Roadio...Roadeo. And we'll offer it in your choice of threadless > > (for most club riders) and threaded (for more traditionalists). No rack > > braze-ons, light tubes, but still our bike thru & thru, with our lugs, our > > design and choice of tubing, all that. We'll have the prototype by late > > July, and Mark will build it up and ride it, since he was the impetus > > behind it. > > > I was shocked--shocked! when I saw there were to be no rack braze ons, but > > then I realized it will likely still have fender braze ons. That's fine. I > > wonder if it will be Taiwanese or Toyo? Expanded or normal? > > > While I'm doing one of my incredibly infrequent postings, here's a bike I'd > > > > like to see: > > > - Taiwanese Quickbeam replacement (because I'm cheap and I like the > > sloping/expanded top tube look) > > - but with caliper brakes (because I'm tired of cantis in most of my bike > > history, and it should make the bike a bit cheaper to produce since there > > are no canti studs to weld on, and there's really no reason now for cantis > > except when using fat knobby tires) > > - and please not light metallic blue (because I really don't like that > > color) > > - and maybe more roadish geometry > > > Eric D > > Dublin OH --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
