My feeling is that when the Rambouillet was supplanted by the AHH, a few people felt that the added tire clearance of the AHH was a performance compromise, somehow. The compromise was more perceived than real, but when a company is trying to sell stuff, perception is everything. So Grant designed a version of the AHH without the added tire clearance or rack braze-ons, both of which pollute the purity and single-mindedness of purpose of a road bike (to the road bike purist). The Roadeo was made for purists, and the ad copy reassures the purist that nothing about the Roadeo is a compromise in the name of versatility. Most/all of that which is written about the Roadeo performance could also be truthfully written about the Hilsen, but the Hilsen customers tend to prize versatility more than speed, so the Hilsen entry emphasizes the traits that make the bike versatile, rather than fast.
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