Back in the '90s Grant was a product manager for Bridgestone. I bought a red RB-1 when Bridgestone was going out of business in the US - still riding this with over 30,000 miles on it, and, amazingly, the original rear hub and spokes (the rim has been replaced 4 or 5 times). No broken spokes ever with that wheel. The RB-1 was my initial rando bike when I started riding brevets in 2005.The RB-1 is not fender-friendly so after the 2005 season, with PBP coming up, I had my sights set on a bike more suited to randonneuring. Peter White was closing out the Rambouillets, so I bought a frame and fork (blue) and built up a bike which I rode from 2006 to 2008 (including completing PBP and a fleche) until a car hit me (actually hit the bike) and totalled the frame. Later that year an orange Ramboulliet appeared on the BobishBikesFS list and Craiglist, and it was in Seattle in my sister-in-laws neighborhood, so I bought that and kept it there so I can ride it with SIR when I am out there. I made some upgrades and bike is one I can literally ride all day and night, the bike just disappears under me. it rides even better than the blue one. Must be the color. Speaking of orange - my most recent purchase was a Velo-Orange frame which I built up, and it rides as well as my Rambouillet.
Eric Peterson Naperville, IL On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:06:10 AM UTC-5, lungimsam wrote: > > So how did you originally find out about them, and why/where/how did you > get your first Rivendell bike? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/krtzjvINXtMJ. 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.
