Andy, Yes! Thanks for indulging all of us with your stable :) I also really like both the red and green Mercians, plus the rainbow TT'ed AHH. Definitely encourage you to make a newer version, but I also now it takes a lot of work to photo a stable like that!
Ross, thanks, but I love the Ram too much to consider parting with it. I think the only one I'm really entertaining would be swapping out the Romanceur v1 (the silver) for the right frame... David, The bars on the Roadeo are the Crust Nitto Shaka bars. They are also on the Ramboiullet and Lightening Bolt. MKS Bubbly are my favs! And yeah, the small centerpull rack in the Ene Ciclio. So far it's worked out well! But I have a Nitto Mark's rack to go back to if I ever notice any front tire rub. I still find it odd that the Roadeo (a frame designed from Mark) doesn't have bosses for the Mark's rack. Someday I might get centerpull studs and front rack bosses brazed on and have the frame repainted. Until then slightly sketchy :) Jason, I've heard of isssues with some Crust frames, but these 4 are perfect as far as I can tell. And the Romanceur is basically the answer to the question of "What if the Atlantis came with disc brakes and low-trail geo?" And the LB is basically the Rom, but with very light weight tubing. Crust and Ron have sort of moved away from disc brakes now, with the LB no longer offering them. But I think the Rom should be a 26er, so not really interested in the canti version. And the new LB's aren't nearly as beautiful looking as the original. Plus they stopped using Reynolds 853. Oh well. On Monday, November 10, 2025 at 7:54:33 AM UTC-8 GAJett wrote: > Thanks so much for the information. > > This will help me re-gear my '74 Raleigh Competition. It's currently a > 49/46/26 TA Cyclotourist on the front with a 13-15-17-20-23-26 SunTour > Ultra6 in back. Too high for my 70 -year-old legs. > > Guy > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 7:01 AM Andrew Scherer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That would be the Professional. I've ridden it every season since I >> bought the frame new in the spring of 1988. Perhaps the one bike I'd keep >> if I could only have one. >> >> Here's the spec sheet for those three: >> [image: specs.png] >> >> On Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 11:21:47 PM UTC-5 GAJett wrote: >> >>> The red one was the one that caught my eye. >>> >>> Guy >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 9, 2025, 6:39 PM Andrew Scherer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Guy. Whch Mercian, the red one or the green one? I try to keep >>>> a spreadsheet updated with details on each, but I fiddle with them and I >>>> see it's out of date in some respects. I'll check the details for you >>>> tomorrow. Maybe I'll add photos of my newer Paramount and my wife's >>>> Motobecane. >>>> >>>> Andy Scherer >>>> Manhattan and Woodstock NY >>>> >>>> On Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 7:21:13 PM UTC-5 GAJett wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Andy, >>>>> What a gorgeous collection! I'm especially keen on the Raleigh, the >>>>> Mercian, and the Schwinn. >>>>> You're a half-stepper (on at least 6 of the 8?)? >>>>> Would love to know your gearing and what derailleurs you're running. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM Andrew Scherer <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for sharing, Ben. Lovely bikes all. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll play. I currently have 9 regular riders, One is a Riv, three are >>>>>> "adjacent". Eight are classic/vintage, some of those are restomods and >>>>>> three are period correct-ish. >>>>>> [image: 8 bikes.jpg] >>>>>> Clockwise from top right: 1970 Raleigh Professional Mk. I, 1972 >>>>>> Peugeot PX10-E, 1985 Shogun 500, 1897 Mercian Professional, 1969-ish >>>>>> Falcon >>>>>> San Remo Mk. II, 2024 A Homer Hilsen, 1972 Schwinn Paramount P13-9, 1991 >>>>>> Merica King of Mercia Touring. >>>>>> >>>>>> I should create a new composite because some of the details on these >>>>>> have changed, and earlier this year I added a 1992 Schwinn Paramount PDG >>>>>> OS >>>>>> Series. And there's my wife's 1975 Motobacane Grand Jubile restomod. >>>>>> She's >>>>>> also got a 1975 (I think) Lotus Eclair, but I don't have a photo of the >>>>>> current build. >>>>>> >>>>>> Andy Scherer >>>>>> Manhattan and Woodstock NY >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>> 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/84e75af5-816b-42ad-b707-d1cb58bbb677n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/84e75af5-816b-42ad-b707-d1cb58bbb677n%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/3f7759dc-4591-40f3-ba67-ea0617244826n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3f7759dc-4591-40f3-ba67-ea0617244826n%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/e846924c-f8f2-4455-bef0-c0353e5fe7b5n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e846924c-f8f2-4455-bef0-c0353e5fe7b5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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