Bruce, Indeed, set up can change everything. Your Ram looks like a completely different bike. Along with the high bars I bet those wider rims and tires (26"?) give a significantly different feel. Did you ever get the Ram repainted?
Best regards, Richard On Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 6:17:29 AM UTC-5, Fullylugged wrote: > > Some comments on another thread comparing 3 RBW models made me think of a > recent change I did. At the point where I want a really comfortable bike to > dink around on, I re-did my venerable old Rambouillet. The noodle handlebar > came off in favor of reversed mustache bars (which results in a much more > upright position with urban brake levers. The bar end sifters morphed to > the excellent Silver brand downtube items and the stock wheel set came off > for a rebuild and some wider rims with Panaracer 1 1/2" Pasela tires went > on. An old Brooks B-15 for a saddle. The Sugino XD crannk is replaced by an > Octalink Ultegra (super smooth spinning) I had laying around. I took the > bike on a mid week slower club ride last Thursday night and was surprised > at how much I enjoyed the ride. I also had no trouble keeping up. A > headwind might be an issue, but I can always slow down. Crummy picture but > you can see it here. Took just a couple of hours to do it all and it's > like getting a new bike. The weight distribution is toally changed and the > bike rides just fine in blue jeans if not going on a sweat fest. I later > added a large Acorn saddle bag, some Dinotte lights and a bell. See ya, > I'm going out for a ride. > > > https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNZLRQDAlTX9IDm7cQEzubG1QohzLxEEsOA-Ciu -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
