I own one of those early orange Rams and I've often wondered about the paint scheme that was used. Some say that "House of Kolor" Nova Orange base coat was followed by HOK Spanish Gold clear coat and all of that painting of those early Rambouillet frames was done by Joe Bell. But as far as anyone has been to admit over the past couple of decades, none of these things may or may not be accurate. Nevertheless, it is an extraordinary color that simply can't be duplicated by any usual OTC touch-up paints. If someone owns one of these early "orange" frames and really likes the color I'd recommend doing everything possible (fenders, front mud flap, right chain stay guard (e.g., helicopter tape)) to protect the frame paint from being damaged. OTOH, if you're a friend of the over-the-top "beasuage" society, ride the bike however you wish and just live with the consequences.
On Friday, September 5, 2025 at 7:19:49 AM UTC-5 ascpgh wrote: > Orange was the premier series color done by Joe Bell. > > I rode the 33.3 Ruffy Tuffy/Roly Poly combo with SKS fenders when new, > tried (and fit) 38s without fenders, and found them beyond the design > intent and poorer handling than the 32 or 28s. > > This is a bigger frame size, so maybe clearance issues existed in smaller > sizes where geometry was closer to being violated if clearance was given a > greater value. I enjoy having three cage mounts, unsure if all sizes could > fit them. > > Long settled with Stampede Pass ELs and Honjos in the Racers as pictured. > > Andy Cheatham > Pitttsburgh > > On Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 9:24:49 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Were the orange Rams the first edition, the blues the second? Did the >> blues take slightly wider tires? My blue took ~33s (1.35” Kojaks on MA40s) >> with SKS fenders, tho’ not a huge amount of air in between. But all that >> said, I do like the orange color better than the blue. >> >> Very pretty and a nice setup. >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM ascpgh <[email protected]> wrote:… I'm >> still on my (big) orangesicle Rambouillet and ride it all over the place. >> Same old, same old for bars, shifters, and derailleurs. Paul Racers are >> "new". >> >>> [image: 07106430-C32F-4C0E-A285-A0D9F4D95632_1_105_c.jpeg] [image: >>> 1BA71749-6A21-4C4D-A30F-78046D1C707F_1_105_c.jpeg] >>> >> -- 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/d923abe8-7dc8-466b-b134-3a9426c350ban%40googlegroups.com.
