I owned both the Romulus <https://www.flickr.com/photos/franklyn/2134565361/in/album-72157603538257284/> (which is a twin to the Ramouillet) and the Bleriot <https://www.flickr.com/photos/franklyn/5396238348/in/album-72157625675713501/>. I looked through my pictures and they represented two slightly different phases of my bike preferences. I was transitioning away from racing bikes and the Romulus was my first foray into into functional steel bikes, and it was an open-wheeled club rider relatively "un-enhanced" by luggages and fenders. I got the Bleriot after I started riding brevets and it was racked, bagged and fendered from day 1. However, I find the handling, especially on descents to be pretty similar between the two. I don't know if tubing specs are similar. Bleriot could take fatter tires (I rode with 41mm fatty rumpkins) and that might have a hand in how I felt on the bike versus the Romulus.
On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 12:33:20 PM UTC-7, Lungimsam wrote: > > 1. If you have owned both, what are the diffs in ride quality? > > 2. How does the 700c or 26" wheels make it feel different than the 650b > Bleriot? > > 3. Front loads. Do they both carry them well? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
