One correction: the granny/grandpa chainring on the complete Ram was 26T, not 24T, as I just wrote.
Still, lowest geared road bike you could get stock. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 25, 2016, at 10:08 AM, James Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > > . >> On Jul 25, 2016, at 4:41 AM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm not 100% familiar with the older models. Was the Rambouillet sold as a >>> complete? >> >> no > There was a brief period where the Rambouillet (blue) was sold complete. I > have the brochure. > > It replaced the Romulus/Redwood complete when Riv decided it was too much to > sell both Ram framesets AND Romulus/Redwood bikes. > > This was a bit over ten years ago, I think. Riv made an announcement online > that the Ram was being discontinued, and they would just offer Romulus (and > maybe Redwood?) at it's great price, complete. The public outcry over this > was loud (within our subculture). Whether responding to the outcry or not, > Riv changed the plan and decided to end the bike named "Romulus" (and > Redwood), and instead created a complete Ram bike offering to go alongside > the Ram frameset. The parts on it were much like the Rom, maybe identical: > 46-36-24 crank, Shimano long reach Tiagra brakes, indexed 9-speed triple, > Barend shifters. Tires were 28, I believe. I think the price was a bit higher > than Rom price from before, but still a very good deal. (Ram frame's details > made it a little fancier than Rom, while functionally about the same.) The > Ram bike was offered in even sizes, including 64, 66, and 68 cm. The brochure > is very nice, which is why I saved it. The cover shows the bike being ridden > as a road bike on a dirt road. Idyllic. There is a parts list in the brochure. > > A Riv classic! Ram (bike or frame) was sidelined a few years later partly by > the easy ability to do even bigger tires on a road bike, an ease which was > enhanced by brakes like the Silver, the Tektro 559, and some by Paul. The Ram > was not made for the reach of these exciting new brakes that Riv was focusing > on, and around '07-08, the AHH started to nudge it out of the lineup by > virtue of AHH's versatility through tire clearance. No, they are not the same > frame, but Riv could only offer so much, so they took things in the direction > of bigger tires and put the Ram to sleep. It woke up once very briefly (a > last small batch), and has been sleeping for 7 or 8 years since. > > In Ram's absence, AHH and Hillborne clearly performed the duty of > versatile/efficient bike, but the other side of Ram's personality, that of > "road bike" was not in the Riv lineup for a couple of years. This was void > was filled starting in early 2010 or so with the Roadeo. > > -James W. > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
