FYI, I used a Rambouillet for my first brevet series in 2008 and ran 32mm Paselas with SKS P45 fenders no problem. I think with the Tektro "Bigmout" brakes you could even squeeze in a 33. I used my Hilsen this past year for brevets and briefly considered using my Rambouillet but now I know I"ll ride my Hilsen. There's just something different about it that makes me happy. Feel free to add a Hilsen to your quiver, seems like any Rivendell you own you'll put to good use.
I gotta say, your post really made me reflect on how hard and scary this must be for Grant. On the one hand he's doing something he enjoys and believes in but it's gotta be scary as he has a family to support and a retirement to look forward to, all of which hinge on the viability of RBW. Thanks again for your thoughtful post, mike On Jan 12, 3:40 pm, Larry Powers <lapower...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I took a nice tour on my Atlantis this past summer, I commute daily on my QB, > my wife and I toured France on our Rambouillet and Bleriot (I also completed > PBP on my Rambo) and my wife likes to tool around our neighborhood on her > Glorius. We like Riv bikes and have bought our share. I know things change > and can understand moving production to Taiwan because of the exchange rate. > I guess the thing that pushed my buttons was to read that the Ruffy > Tuffy/Rolly Polly tires will be discontinued. When I bought my Rambouillet > it was touted as unique because it could use a large 28mm tire with fenders. > Ruffy Tuffy tires have been my tire of choice for this bike and now Riv has > abandoned both the bike and the tire. I believe that the Homer Hilson is the > bike that Grant really intended to build when the developed the Rambouillet. > But the parts available at the time placed limits on the design. The > availability of longer and wider brakes finally allowed the Hilson to be > built. I like the Hilson but having a Rambo and an Atlantis it is hard to > justify the purchase of a bike in the middle. > > Change is inevitable and I hope that Riv continues to sell Lugged steel bike > for a long time. I am very glad that I have my bikes because the new Riv's > with limited sizes and sloping top tubes are not as close to my vision of > what a bike should be. Hopefully they will maintain a few frames like the > Hilson for those of us who appreciate a more classic shaped frame. If the > economy improves maybe I will buy a Hilson or a Roadeo because I would really > like to ride Brevets on a 32mm tire. I also hope that they do not > completely forget those of us who supported them in the early years. > > I think I will pour a nice glass of wine, sit in the garage and admire my > bikes. > > Larry Powers > > Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM > protection.http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/
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