Lon, A bit of strategically placed black tape here and there plus a sticker or three will have that lovely Ram looking less fancy and positively non-intimidating in a jiffy!
You could always send it out for a paint job -- for a few hundred $$ you could have the only Redwood Green Ram on the planet! Best of luck in whatever you decide to do -- and happy riding! Julian Westerhout Bloomington, Il On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 1:09:07 PM UTC-5, Lon Payne wrote: > > The fanciness of the Rambouillet intimidates me, to be honest. My other > tall bikes are purpose-built and very workman-like, and they get the job > done, so the Ram just isn't getting the use it deserves. Plus I prefer > Redwood green over Rambouillet blue. Perhaps I'd feel differently if I had > one of the orange ones... > > On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 4:59:57 AM UTC-7, Julian Westerhout > wrote: >> >> Lon, >> >> You say you've been dreaming of a Redwood, but you're selling its first >> cousin, the Rambouillet! The Redwood was a tall-sizes only, slightly >> cheaper, slightly less fancy version of the bike you already own -- from >> the 2003 Riv catalog: ""The Romulus and Redwood are complete road bikes >> based on the same frame design ideals as the Rambouillet, and only minor >> differences that allow a lower price without structural or real >> compromises." >> >> You already own your dream bike! Perhaps you might want to reconsider >> selling it? >> >> Julian "happy owner of a 68 cm Ram" Westerhout >> Bloomington, IL >> >> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 11:52:34 PM UTC-5, Lon Payne wrote: >>> >>> Ah, yes...the Redwood! That was the bike that got me interested in >>> Rivendells in the first place. I saw this one online and have been >>> dreaming of one ever since: >>> https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/rivendell-redwood-21911 >>> >>> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 11:59:46 AM UTC-7, kobe wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for the update Lon. I hope the new owner is a member of the >>>> group. >>>> >>>> Due to all the interest it might be a good time for Rivendell to bring >>>> back the Redwood. >>>> >>> -- 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.
