Lovely. Do you know who built it? If things were then what they are now, I might well have bought it.
Thanks for the Rons link; I’ll investigate. Which I did. I can live with the compact geometry — I’d choose a 56 tt/ — wait, st 49 cm c to* top?? *I’m not used to such compact sizing as my fitted level tt size is 60 X 56 c-c. But the deal killer is the sta: 74*. I can live with a 73 but would prefer a 72. On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM EGNolan <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick, > Where were you when I was trying to sell my late 90's Road Standard frame > in May? It's a 57. After only a couple lowball (to me) offers, I decided to > keep it, re-build it with Choco bars and since then, I've put more than > 1800 miles on it and it has become my favorite bike for most things. It, > too, is mostly 753 tubing, so not the lightest, but it rides really well > and makes my Appaloosa feel sluggish by comparison. I'm faster on my little > carbon aero bike (Felt AR1 team I got for less than the shifters should > cost) but I'm not as comfortable or confident for long distances. (as an > aside, the Choco bars set up like I have them are even better than the > drops on the Felt as the main "on the hoods" position is wonderful, but I > can sit more upright when braking, which is handy in the city). > > The new Rons mid reach country road bike > <https://ronsbikes.com/products/mid-reach-road-bike> sounds pretty > similar to what you're looking for if you're more into US made, super > light, sloping & modern geo. Twice as much as the Crust, but it looks > pretty nice to my eyes. > > Good Luck with whatever you decide. > > Best, > Eric > Indpls > > On Friday, September 12, 2025 at 4:34:28 PM UTC-4 Ted Durant wrote: > >> >> On Sep 12, 2025, at 1:09 PM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> someone said that Herons had lighter tubing than the old Riv Road 753 >> >> >> >> Probably not. Heron frames (the originals from my era) are 8/5/8 TT and >> 9/6/9 DT, and the stays aren’t especially light. The forks, on the other >> hand, are dreamy. >> >> Ted Durant >> Milwaukee, WI USA >> > -- > 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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9bddb5bf-e5c5-44ef-a8c1-04c21badd4c6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9bddb5bf-e5c5-44ef-a8c1-04c21badd4c6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgt5OHk11L8ZeP0HJ5EBO0-wD6gx67tN2OeOoNyi2gi_aQ%40mail.gmail.com.
