There was a thread that I can't locate today, discussing the "feel" of Rambouillet. I've had mine since 2007 and put 12,000 miles on it. It has 2 sets of wheels. Today I did a fund raiser for a Grist Mill restoration project (Great ride near Birmingham AL btw) and put on the "race" set. These are road wheels using Ultegra hubs with Conti Ultra Gatorskins 28s and the bike felt quick, nimble and pedaling was pretty effortless most of the time. (Samba sneakers on sneaker pedals) A few stiff ups, and some contrary breezes towards the finish. I felt good though and was eager to see what Garmin recorded for me, pace wide. Avg was 14.6. (I'm slow, always ride in the 13 - 15 range avg). I checked my bike journal to see how that compared with my last ride on the "slow" wheels. These are Phil hubs and heavier Synergy Aeroheat rims. I have 37s on these wheels and also refer to them as my comfort set. They feel slow and waddling but float over coarse chip seal. You can hear them singing when you ride. Okay, last ride on the same bike, with a heavier slow feel? 14.6 mph avg. Duh? okay same engine both rides. It comes down (at least for me) as what do I want to ride today?
The Ram tubeset has a heat treated down tube and chain stays so it is a solid bike. The other non HT tubes dampen buzz. The double taper seat stays are just pretty. I like my older Riv with Reynolds 753 better, or an older Trek with 531c better as well, but Ram is pretty nice. It has more miles than the other two combined. Needs paint. Can't decide on the color though! Tailwinds -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
