here's the poop. http://www.cyclofiend.com/Images/rbw/romulus/rom_flyerannounce1scr.jpg
On Aug 17, 7:12 pm, John Blish <jbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Reid <reidp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On Friday, August 17, 2012 8:58:57 AM UTC-7, john blish wrote: > > The ad may be completely legit and the bike the property of the seller but > > >> Romulus did not come in a 60. They came in odd sizes - 57, 59, etc. > > > Mine claims to be a 56 and I thought at the time, they came in 58 and > > other even sizes. I think I did buy mine nine years ago. :-) As much as I > > like mine, if some fool offered me $1,800 for it, it would probably be gone! > > Ya know, I shouldn't generalize based on too little information. I accept > what Reid has said and apologize. I had two 59 Romulus bikes but I don't > know what other sizes were made. I had thought there was a 57 but maybe > not. I was just kind of assuming that Rambouillets were even sizes 54 (my > wife has one), 56, 58, etc. and that Romulus bikes came in odd sizes but I > could be mistaken. Maybe some Romulus bikes came in even sizes. I guess I > spoke too soon. > > In any case though, I don't think there was a 60 with a caliper brake - the > one shown in the pictures in the link, which seller claims is a 60, has > caliper brakes. Also, I had kind of ruled out the later, unexpected run of > cantilever Roms because they were not sold as complete bikes - it was frame > and fork ($1300, as I recall) plus whatever you want on it. Ruled them > out because there was no complete bike price to compare to what this seller > is asking and that is not what he is selling. > > Wonderful bike. Light touring, fair-weather commuting, all day adventure > and group rides. > > -jb > > -- > John Blish > Minneapolis MN USA -- 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.
