That's an interesting impression of the Rambouillet. Not one I've heard before, but certainly open it.
I guess the quick answer is "Yeah. Sure. Of course it's possible you and a 2001 Rivendell Rambouillet aren't cut out for one another." But, it's an interesting situation, to be sure. You say you have a lot of bikes. Which one steers and accelerates the way you like? The Bizango? Depending upon what type of tires you have rigged on that, there would certainly be a perceived difference between a 700C/622 wheelset and a 26"/559. So, there's that. And depending upon what fork you are running - I sort of recall the Bizangos came with a Judy or some similar long-for-the-time travel fork. And if you replaced that with a rigid type, that might give some very different front end behaviors than you are used to. Sizing sounds in the ballpark, though it depends upon your leg length/inseam more than height. That's roughly what I'd ride, though my pbh is in the 85 range. The pedal strike thing is a bit odd, though if you have thick platforms, that will make a difference. I mean, if you hate riding it, why not get rid of it? If you want to try some things, you might drop the bars slightly, which would give it more of a "lightweight road" feel. As far as the "wallowing"... again, not sure that would ever be a word I use on RBW handling. When I use that, I mean that it tends to become imprecise when I turn. My experience with Rivs is that they come out of a turn and let me know that I could have brought more speed into it. Extremely predictable for me. The only thing you might try before selling it off would be to only ride that bike for a week or two. I will say that when I switch between riding my Quickbeam and my Hilsen, there's a time or two when it feels "not quite right" - but it's a fine difference. It might just be that if you spend 85% of the time on your Voodoo, and then hope onto the Ram (or any bike), the combined differences really put you off. When I made the change from my first mtb - a looooong wheelbase, west-coast geometry bike - to my second, it felt short and twitchy. Then I found how it liked to be ridden, started trusting the new geometry a bit more and went from there. Don't know if that helps, but best of luck with your process. - Jim / cyclofiend.com -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
