In the odd chance that you're interested in trading for a 52cm bronzey green Clem, let me know! I'm also in the DMV.
On Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 7:56:03 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > Drop bars are the *ONLY* way to set up Rambouillets, and should merit a > premium in the selling price! > > My blue-era Ram was supremely comfortable with 42 cm Noodle, and I only > sold it on because the handling was a bit more staid than than was, for me, > ideal (my October 2025 Roadeo is noticeably “quicker”) and because it > duplicated other bikes I liked better. > > But if I had had to choose an off-shelf stock Grant-designed > pavement-biased firm-dirt-capable all rounder, the Roadeo would have been > premium. > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 7:23 AM 'Steven Seelig' via RBW Owners Bunch < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I seem to have made a hash out of trying to bump down the price again. >> So reposting this with the price lowered to $1500 >> >> Seems that either I have priced the bike too high or that the drop bar >> setup is a turnoff. I would be happy to negotiate a sale of the frame and >> other components without the drops. I also have a Losco Bar that I can >> swap in with Tektro brakes, if upright is your thing. I have one bike too >> many, says my spouse. >> >> Original post >> >> Selling my Ram because I bought a drop bar mountain bike for some of my >> upcoming planned trips and was informed that the number of bikes I need to >> keep is x minus 1. I am the 2nd owner. It is a 56cm that I had set up >> with Albatross bars that I am moving over to my Sam, so the Ram is rebuilt >> as a drop bar with bar-end Shimano, currently indexed. Photos can be >> linked here <https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B2PGrq0zwGPl3Im>. It >> looks like #1201(?) on the bb, so per the Cyclofriend link >> <http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/rambouillet/index.html>, it was made in >> 2007 making it almost 20 years old. >> [image: IMG_0210.jpeg] >> >> - Wheels made at Rivendell with Silver Hubs; >> - Nitto Handlebar; >> - Technomic Stem, >> - Shimano Bar Ends, >> - Shimano Brake Levers, >> - New Conti 4 Season 32cm, >> - Tektro Mid-Range Brakes (new shoes), >> - King Cage bottle cages; >> - new Sora Triple front derailleur; >> - Deore XT 9 speed rear derailleur; >> - new SRAM 9 speed chain; >> - New rear cassette 11-34 >> - Sugino Triple 48/40/28 172.5 crank length., >> - new IRD QB55 - Square Taper Bottom Bracket; >> - new cables and housing, >> - Nitto one bolt seat post; >> - Brooks B17 saddle (can sub the Riv Plastic Vegan saddle if >> preferred). >> - Just plastic pedals but I can throw in clipless Deore XT pedals if >> you ride clipped, >> >> >> Normal beausage for the era. Bottom bracket recently sanded and spot >> repainted >> >> I can ship at your cost or facilitate a pickup/delivery locally in the >> DMV. Yes, that is what we call it around here in DC, MD and VA. >> >> I could be deliver it to the Saturday day of the Philly Bike Expo since I >> am now driving from DC. >> From >> >> -- >> 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/d60b3a11-1260-41b9-9888-205cd2074639n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d60b3a11-1260-41b9-9888-205cd2074639n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- 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/962f981e-288e-474c-a36c-faa9b9d07cb6n%40googlegroups.com.
