I am sure I was a boorish early adopter when Grant decided to make a "production" road variant to keep the Atlantis company. It was everything I was looking for from the perspective of just having sold my '91 RB-1 to finance a better-suited bike. Mostly I wanted the new Rambouillet to ride cross country with a group to whom I had become committed. My wife has even spoken to Grant regarding the whereabouts of my elusive Rambouillet. My contingent alternative was my '92 XO-2 which was great but filled me with questions and fear on each ride greater than thirty miles. My new orange steed arrived the night before I left for Yorktown, VA to join my colleagues for our west-bound national tour and it was so perfect I could have been riding it for five years because of the ease of transition, the fit, the ride, the comfort of living on it for ten to twelve hours a day for a month and a half out of the box.
I revisited that immediate impression Saturday when I participated in my neighborhood brewery's annual release of their Pedal Pale Ale and the bicycle procession delivering it to it's first pubic servings. The annual keg ride has become a springtime event on the do-list of riders of all ilk and beer aficionados, capped this year at 650 riders. What I realized as the keg trailer towing ride leaders first pulled out was that my bike had slow speed stability that others did not and that I could ride as others continued to walk, just as I did in NYC at the Five Boros start. I was comfortable at all the speeds during this ride. It reminded me of what first impressed me about this bike all those years ago. It's looking a bit rougher (beausage, PAM?) and is certainly eclipsed in brake reach and tire capacity by newer RBW offerings, but with a new set of 46/34 rings, a Superb Pro front derailleur from my drawer of goodies and a NOS Suntour XC Pro short cage rear derailleur from fleabay it was like a new chapter in the same great book was opening. It's a great to have a good decision ratified once again, just thought I'd share. Andy Cheatham PIttsburgh, PA -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
