Re: [RBW] Long-low for sale in SF Craigslist

[James Warren]

Yeah, I have a good memory for this stuff. The first Reader that introduced the Longlow as a concept contained a detailed explanation of the philosophy behind the bike. Grant explained that they would make them with the option of either cantis for greater tire clearance or for standard reach sidepulls for greater tire clearance. At the time, the future of standard reach sidepulls was much more questionable, but Grant hadn't given up on them. So both cantis and standard reach sidepulls were specifically verbalized as options for the bike. This was in the late 90's.

 

I believe at this time the Road Standard had much less tire clearance than is now considered acceptable for a Rivendell.

 

I think the Rambouillet is essentially a Longlow, but when it came out in 2002, the future of standard reach sidepulls had become much more rosy. Hence the Ram and Rom were designed for sidepulls only. (Until that lovely error that produced the canti-Rom.)

 

-Jim W.

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From: Forrest
Sent: Nov 10, 2011 9:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [RBW] Long-low for sale in SF Craigslist

RBW did indeed build several canti LongLows. You can see at least one on cyclofiend's Current Classics site.  -- Forrest (Iowa City)

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