I agree. I have a Rambouillet, Hilsen, Quickbeam, and a Specialize Roubaix. While none of the Riv's are close to the 16 pound Roubaix (although the Ram comes in at 19 pounds), I find I'm mainly picking the Riv's for long hilly rides. For the recent 1000k brevet in Tn I rode Homer. Bill Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 21, 2010, at 2:13 PM, JimD <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not Noel but here's my take > > I've have/had the following rivs: > Romulus, Bleriot, Saluki, and a Riv custom. > I also have a Madone. > > I've never found these Rivs to suffer in ride quality. > I guess the Romulus seemed a bit more robust than the custom, but I > chose/choose any of the Rivs > over the Madone for rides longer than 50 miles. The custom rides so nicely > that I choose it over all others > for any ride of any length. > > I suspect that the custom has tubing pretty much akin to the Roadeo and the > custom is the nicest riding bike > I've had the pleasure to experience in my > 30 years of riding. > > -JimD > > > On Nov 21, 2010, at 10:43 AM, CycloFiend wrote: > >> on 11/21/10 10:31 AM, Noel at [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Weight? Don't know and don't care. If I wanted light I'd by a Madone. >>> All I care about is ride quality, and I agree that Grant/Riv are >>> building frames out of such heavy tubing that ride quality suffers - >>> even with my beloved Grand Bois Hetres. >> >> Which frame are you riding? >> >> -- >> Jim Edgar >> [email protected] >> >> Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com >> Current Classics - Cross Bikes >> Singlespeed - Working Bikes >> >> >> "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do >> it." >> Mahatma Gandhi >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
