Ditto, I love my Ramboiullet too! I use this for all rides, including fast club rides, centuries and touring (so far a week at a time). The Ram is not too heavy nor is it too light. I think Grant got it right with this one. I was surprised when it was taken out of the line up. I imagine the costs of producing it Japan may have had something to do with it. The Ram is a lifetime bike! I can't imagine being in the bike business without having the "Ramboiulett's space" covered. Cheers! Chris On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:41 PM, MichaelH<mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I love my Rambouillet! I can put a small handle bar bag or a decent > size saddle bag and carry quite a bit, but it really shines on the > long club rides in the mountains - comfy, fast, climbs nicely, and > desends fast and steady, great all around road manners. I don't need > a new bike but I'm glad others will have the opportunity to experience > the joy of the pure road bike. > Michael > > On Jul 7, 3:00 pm, rcnute <rcn...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> Me too. Funny how the desire for skinny tires and low handlebars >> seems to spring up this time of year... :) >> >> On Jul 7, 10:58 am, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Great news. A pure road bike would be perfect. >> >> > From the Riv Road and Long Low thinking comes the Ram/Rom/Redwood, >> > which, like Jim wrote, detours through 650B country bike riding, and >> > vectors toward the Hilsen, Hillborne --- Atlantis. Now back to a >> > lugged steel "road" bike for club riding and all business hard >> > efforts. Kind of makes me want to take the Jack Browns off my Romulus >> > and put the 28s Paselas back on. >> >> > Or, perhaps like Dustin, I'm watching too much of Le Tour. >> >> > Esteban >> > San Diego, Calif. >> >> > On Jul 7, 8:59 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> > > That's really interesting news. I recall when the Rambouillet came out, >> > > it >> > > seemed so dramatic to have the clearances that it did. From there, the >> > > evolution of interest in 650B/584 pushed the development of large volume >> > > 700C/622 tires, which, in turn gave us the Hilsen. (And from the >> > > Hilsen, we >> > > now have the Hillborne, et. al.) >> >> > > Once the limit stake got driven into the ground with the big clearance >> > > frame >> > > with large volume tires, it seems like it let them refine the lineup in >> > > the >> > > opposite direction. The idea of a new design, with all that GP has >> > > learned >> > > in the ensuing years, will be very exciting to see. >> >> > > Anyone who has followed this or the iBob list has heard the lamenting at >> > > the >> > > "loss" of the Rambouillet. Based on what folks wished for, it seems like >> > > the .... (new design)... will bring all that and a bag of chips. >> >> > > Darned good news! >> >> > > - J >> >> > > -- >> > > Jim Edgar >> > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net >> >> > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com >> > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes >> > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes >> >> > > Your Photos are needed! - Send them here >> > > -http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines >> >> > > "I threw one leg over my battle-scarred all-terrain stump-jumper and rode >> > > several miles to work. I'd sprayed it with some cheap gold paint so it >> > > wouldn't look nice. Locked my bike to a radiator, because you never knew, >> > > and went in." >> > > -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac"- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > >
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