Back in the day of rec.bicycles.tech, mid-90s, I saw a note about Grant starting his own bike business. I'd like everything he'd done at Bridgestone, had a beloved RB-1, and received one of his first catalogs.
Loved every bit of it. I'd been racing road and mountain bikes, and had become disillusioned with so much of what I was experiencing: the training and technology treadmill weren't for me any more. Something about seeing John Tomac's drop-bar Yeti affected a response and made we wonder how much of this new stuff really made a difference in the experience. I was reading a lot of posts from Jobst on rec.bikes, ended up converting a Ritchey for multi-purpose rides (always loved Tom's bikes too), then sold that and was just riding my RB-1 on and off-road. Kept reading about longer chainstays, kept seeing all of my friends with their full-suspension bikes abandon the sport. I spoke with Grant a few times, and did not have the opportunity to get one of the bikes until 2003 or so - a Road Standard. Then a long-low, a Rambouillet, a Bleriot for me and one for my wife, and finally a Bombadil. Took a hiatus as my work took me bi-modal, and was solely on a Brompton for about ten years. Just got a Platypus, and what an incredible evolution has occurred in that time. I thought that first Road Standard was amazing. The Platy is the most fun bicycle I've ever ridden, most beautiful bike I've ever seen. - Chris SB, CA On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 7:38:10 AM UTC-8 Fullylugged wrote: > I found Sheldon Brown in reading bike forums after starting cycling on a >> Fuji Touring bike around 2000. He talked about the Romulus in glowing terms >> znd I wanted one, but it did not come in my size. The French Blue order of >> the very similar Rambouillet came out around 2005 and had 2 smaller frame >> sizes in 26" wheels and I jumped one one of those. Selling points: Pretty >> lugs, low BB with neutral steering lets it track like it's on rails, easy >> to set up with ergonomic positioning. I bought it as a complete and am >> still happy to have it and ride it. I didn't like the color that much. The >> earlier orange and later green are both nicer IMO, and mine is now Amber >> Gold. > > > Bruce > > > -- 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/75befd1c-23d8-42de-959f-0ba35b9432ffn%40googlegroups.com.
