I'm going to agree with Andy here. My Rambouillet has been built up is a couple of different ways and has been excellent each time. Great handing and very capable on fast, curvy downhills. I prefer it to the Saluki/(Hilsen is the same bike and Hillborne is very similar) which I ended up selling. I also have an an early Road pre-production sample and like it a lot, but it is less versatile. There are plenty of miles on both however. I have not ridden a Platy yet, but from what I read, I wonder if it's feel is Ram-ish.
Bruce On Friday, August 12, 2022 at 5:57:18 AM UTC-5 ascpgh wrote: > Welcome Alexander, Rivendell is like a garage party with a band that's a > more humbling experience with talent, better than a huge show at a big > forum. > > Back in my shop days Bridgestone was our bread and butter. Grant earned > the ability to design the US market product and they were so much better > riding bikes that even an average rider would return smiling after a > fifteen minute test ride. Not the highest volume bikes, Grant even told us > they would be the hardest to sell since folks want to believe what they > already do, even if presented with examples otherwise. > > I called Grant several years into Rivendell after Bridgestone when I > needed a bike more specific for longer rides, farther from home than my > RB-1 (which didn't really fit me-my legs are too long for my height). From > the Rivendell Reader and catalog I was thinking I needed a custom but he > told me about the Rambouillet. It was the next "stock" model, stablemate of > the already in production Atlantis and checked the boxes of my list, adding > some I hadn't considered. > > I rode my Rambouillet across the country and on every ride I took since > including some things less than fire trails, having long been an underbiker > and gone miles on forest service "roads" on bikes not apparent to that use. > We were riding gravel before its current adherents were born and I used my > XO-2 and RB-1. Rivendell marketed the model name as the useful, dependable > sheep that provided much utility to those keeping flocks of them. > > My Rambouillet shines in it's smoothness of ride and predictable handling. > Much of that is because of how well it fits me, something random other > riders have noted to me on rides. A the Five Boros ride in NYC my wife > tired of how frequently folks approached and remarked on my Rambouillet and > was who pointed out how sour those around us on what she called modern > bikes looked. The bike continues to be a bike people comment on regardless > of how expensive proximate modern bikes are. > > It's a bike that can be used in many ways that rewards my uses. Sort of > where the brand and Grant position themselves. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgg > On Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 8:29:44 PM UTC-4 [email protected] > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm a new group member but long time Riv fan. I recently came the closest >> I've come to actually buying Rivendell, having only recently reached a >> point where it has not felt out of reach financially. Anyway, it got me >> wondering - what is the one model you would choose, current or >> discontinued, if you could only have one? >> >> Alternately, what is your favorite Rivendell you have owned? >> >> Asking in part because I am wondering where to start myself - I've wanted >> a Hunqapillar for a long time, and recently have become a bit obsessed with >> the Quickbeam as well - but every model seems great in its own way. Mostly >> just curious what you all find yourself riding the most though! >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5f0ac584-664c-4bd8-9431-ec4947566a8cn%40googlegroups.com.
