The brake situation is a little murkier than that. Ram/Rom used mid-reach which GP was able to find from Shimano, it didn't have a model name just Shimano. Then he got Tektro to do a long-reach caliper for Saluki, Hilsen and Bleriot. That brake spread to other models and eventually Tektro did a mid-reacher, too.
In current parlance the Roadeo still uses mid-reach (if you can get one ordered and built), as did the first gen Roadini. The latest Roadini switched to long-reach. Simple! 😂 On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 12:29:56 PM UTC-7 Doug Van Cleve wrote: > Thanks folks, it was bugging me that I couldn't remember. > > I forgot that it was a complete bike vs. frameset like the Ram. Something > easy to forget today is that non-short reach brakes were not really > available new in the mid to late '90s, that's why the LongLow used cantis. > Tektro bringing out the mid-reach dual pivots is what triggered the > Ram/Rom/Bleriot etc... > > Doug > > On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 11:25 AM Eric Marth <eric...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Doug — The Romulus was offered as a complete bike and "budget" version >> of the Rambouillet. >> >> Full brochure here: >> http://notfine.com/rivendell/Brochures/Rivendell%20Frames%20Romulus.pdf >> >> [image: Screenshot 2023-03-24 at 2.24.19 PM.png] >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a8029262-2b6b-4928-bb54-d6045d9d371an%40googlegroups.com.
