Another vote for the Rambouillet here. Grant described the intent of the Rambouillet to me as a French audax-inspired bike when I spoke to him about a bike for a cross country ride (and afterwards) that would be a light load, credit card trip versus self-supported full touring one. I was calling initially about the custom queue and wait at the time and he said the production sibling of the Atlantis was in a container, on the ocean now and sounded like it fit my bill, so I got one and have loved it since then.
He described the under-square main triangle (TT<ST), 2cm extended top head lug, 2° upsloped TT as all aiding producing a higher, closer drop bar position with a reasonably normal stem. There was a bit of conversation about frame tubes I don't recall but all producing a fit and ride that suited long days on the bike, similar to the non-competitive, limited time riding events that began in Europe. Well suited for a saddlebag and my size has three sets of bottle cage bosses, single eyelets (for fenders) on the dropouts front and rear, room for 700 x 35~38 without fenders but optimized for 32s with them and a pump peg on the back of the head tube. The Rambouillet isn't terribly happy with a handlebar/rando bag due to the trail/wheel flop numbers which can make it a handful when climbing in the lowest gear. Even without a front load it can want to zig and zag rather than staying on a straight line. You can ride with no hands very easily at regular speeds. I rode mine almost fifty miles one handed after a shoulder injury. The 2023 P-B-P will start at the Chateau de Rambouillet supporting my belief that the model namesake was just about the multi-useful sheep. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 8:55:10 PM UTC-4 Dick Combs wrote: > Looking for thoughts/opinions on best Riv model for randonneuring. Thanks > > -- 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/47ecadbd-1065-4ff9-98e7-8bab946fbab5n%40googlegroups.com.
