I caution selling a proven nice Ram to buy a speculative nice LB. The Ram is a very nice handling sport-tourer (I use the term lightly, but from my experience with a 2nd gen blue Ram it rode very nicely unladen and, with stiff racks, handled modestly heavy loads with sufficient aplomb for a bike that is principally meant as a road bike. The Ram, or at least my Ram, exhibits that signature Grant handling quality: unerring straight line stability with "intuitive" turn-in; not twitchy, not sluggish.
But yah pays yer money and yah makes yer choice. On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 8:13 PM Max Faingezicht <max.faingezi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Recently I’ve been getting low trail curious or more specifically I’ve > become very interested in the Lightning Bolt canti frame from Crust > > > I’ve read some reviews in the 650b and Bob groups, also read Jan’s review > in BQ (thanks Eric!) and after speaking with a friend at the LBS who owns > one I think it’s a worthy option. He said it’s the most fun bike he’s ever > ridden and he’s got some nice rides to compare. > > Sadly the deal at home is that one has to go out (Ram or Gallop) to make > room for a new bike. Anyone here has experience with both the LB and the > Ram which would be the one to go? > > How would it compare with my orange Ram (the lightest of my builds with no > racks and 33.33 tires)? I have a 60 Ram and would buy a large LB although I > could straddle an XL for a more French fit. > > Im interested in hearing your impressions other than trail which I don’t > want to get into a discussion about. What do you love/hate about the LB? Or > about the Ram? I should also mention that I have quite a few options on the > more burly side of things in my quiver: hunqa, bomba and more in the middle > a wilbury. This is not a bike that I plan to use for carrying weight or to > go single track riding. It’s mostly a road / pavement bike with the > occasional gravel. I would use 42’s RH on it. > > The other alternative I could try is getting RH extra lights to replace my > jack browns on the Ram to give it another shot and see if I can get a more > spirited feel. So far, it’s been a great bike but even though I love it: > feel, color, weight, setup… I don’t think it’s far enough from my Gallop or > even my Wilbury to make it the go-fast, no racks bike for me. > > Thanks for your thoughts > > Max > > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/B9CF3D73-49EF-4FAA-AC9F-E305320C04FF%40gmail.com > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage,* *Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like* *A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes* *With words that made them known.* -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtL9PMdwC5ngbKTzF0bK1UrieTRUAuqkv-ghuep9tJrWA%40mail.gmail.com.
