George et. al. My blue Ram was resprayed by JB (surly one of life’s greatest guilty pleasures) a few years ago—not because I didn’t like the color but to clean up a small rust spot below one of the seat stays. I’m sort of off the charts when it comes to bicycle maintenance and rust is way up on the list of no no’s.
I find it difficult to choose colors as there is no end to the possibilities. As we all know, JB is a wizard with a paint brush. There are others probably but certainly none more skillful than JB. The shorelines are all perfect, as if the color was molded on. Frame was new to me in 04 and it gives me more pleasure day by day. Lots of positive comments from the carbon folks and that’s always satisfying. Jock On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM George Schick <[email protected]> wrote: > Now this post from John makes me have to ask when Riv changed from the > original orange to blue and later to green. I bought my Ram in early '04 > from Peter White and it was an orange. Don't know when it was built by > Toyo, shipped to the U.S., and painted, and then sent to then Riv supplier > Peter for sale, but your bike looks an awfully lot like mine, only it's > blue. When did the change take place, anyone? > > On Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 9:53:39 AM UTC-5 John Dewey wrote: > >> >> How about this Toyo ‘04 wooly 2-wheeler. In the daily mix for more than >> 20 years now. >> >> Conti 5000s @ 32mm and 60 psi comfortable and well-behaved. Workmanship >> impeccable. >> >> But does it plane 🤪 ? >> >> Jock >> >> On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM ascpgh <[email protected]> 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/6f17dd66-876f-47c9-bf14-ab799fc06b43n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6f17dd66-876f-47c9-bf14-ab799fc06b43n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > 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/ebe6f7b6-be71-4f23-964b-63f902f49822n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ebe6f7b6-be71-4f23-964b-63f902f49822n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CA%2BkTrE5z8tcsJTKsuVpdu50AownWCE4x2x3NNQeN0M4G8%2Bnuig%40mail.gmail.com.
