I bought a Grant-designed, Curt Goodrich-built, Joe Bell-painted custom, road standard in 2001 and it remains just a fantastic road bike. I am a normal enough body shape that I did not need a custom. But what I got for the money and wait, ware dimensions and a tubing set chosen for me and my riding style by Grant and built & painted by excellent US craftsmen. The custom rides subtly, yet distinctly, different and better than my 1996 AllRounder and Quickbeam. But my Legolas rivals the custom in overall ride quality plus has extra clearance for larger tires.
Like Scotty, I too chose an LHT instead of an Atlantis, as their geometries were nearly identical. Both bikes are great work bikes, but doggish, not-fun performance bikes (my opinion of course). From these experiences I have concluded that production frames have to be built with safe, heavier tubes that will not work well with everyone especially lighter or less-strong riders. >From my experience, a Grant-designed custom is beyond a production bike's performance and worth consideration if you want that extra something that is hard to define but not difficult to experience. Exceptions to this may be the Roadeo and Legolas if they fit you well. -- 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-bunch@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.
