Re: [RBW] OAC Rambler Ride Report

2013-12-18 Thread Tony DeFilippo
Doug - C Line's are going to be an after Christmas present to myself I'm pretty sure, first I'm going to swap out the cockpit of my Atlantis from M-bar's to Albatross but the tires are next. I'm glad you got a chance to see the Rambler's in person! Mike - I'll very much look forward to your no

Re: [RBW] OAC Rambler Ride Report

2013-12-17 Thread cyclotourist
Functionally I don't know, but hand made in Portland, OR vs. assembly line made in Taiwan, along with supporting an upstanding guy I like to ride bikes with are two huge plusses for me. On 12/17/13, Peter Morgano wrote: > Its a beautiful bike but aside from the special mounts for the pauls is it

Re: [RBW] OAC Rambler Ride Report

2013-12-17 Thread Peter Morgano
Its a beautiful bike but aside from the special mounts for the pauls is it really functionally different from the polyvalent MKII? http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/frames/polyvalent-mkii.html On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:57 AM, velomann wrote: > I'm the proud owner of a sunflower yellow 65

[RBW] OAC Rambler Ride Report

2013-12-17 Thread velomann
I'm the proud owner of a sunflower yellow 650b Rambler and I am absolutely thrilled with it. I only got it built up in October and have yet to get it out on a real "ramble", but my country-ish commute has me putting about 125 very enjoyable miles/ week on this bike, and my affection for it just

[RBW] OAC Rambler Ride Report

2013-12-17 Thread Tony DeFilippo
If this is to OT someone feel free to dump it... I finally got around to writing up my visit and ride the Ocean Air Cycle's Rambler. Really sweet bike with alot of soul in common with Rivendell bikes in my opinion. It was definitely a bike I was interested in, and any company with a motto of