I have been cycling for almost 40 years and have ridden a lot of bikes and a lot of miles. I have never owned one that was more of a joy, on the long club rides that you describe, than my Rambouillet. If you can find a good used one, go for it; if not, I wouldn't hesitate to buy a Rodeo. The Ebisu road bike is very similar, with a simpler paint job, and a slightly lower price, if $2K is a deal breaker.
If you can afford two bikes it's great to have them set up for different kinds of riding. No one bike can excel at everythiing. Michael On Sep 7, 5:28 pm, Johnny Alien <johnnyal...@verizon.net> wrote: > I love my Bleriot and would like another Rivendell so I am in the > process of saving up right now but would like to know which one I > should aim for. My Bleriot covers my "all around" bike for trails and > general riding. I don't do alot of touring and don't really plan to > so I don't need anything heavy duty but if I did I have a Bridgestone > MB-2. Next year I plan on doing more century and half century rides > and possibly some club rides so what I would like is something that > can go pretty fast but is comfortable for long rides. I was thinking > of going for a Rodeo but am unsure how the geometry would work on long > rides. My other choices would be a Hillborne set up with some light > weight components (I do like orange bikes) or possibly finding a used > Ramboillet in my size. > > Thoughts? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
