Functionally I don't know, but hand made in Portland, OR vs. assembly line made in Taiwan, along with supporting an upstanding guy I like to ride bikes with are two huge plusses for me.
On 12/17/13, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: > Its a beautiful bike but aside from the special mounts for the pauls is it > really functionally different from the polyvalent MKII? > > http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/frames/polyvalent-mkii.html > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:57 AM, velomann <velom...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm the proud owner of a sunflower yellow 650b Rambler and I am >> absolutely >> thrilled with it. I only got it built up in October and have yet to get >> it >> out on a real "ramble", but my country-ish commute has me putting about >> 125 >> very enjoyable miles/ week on this bike, and my affection for it just >> grows >> and grows. I'll get a blog post up in the next couple weeks, after some >> longer rides (yea Christmas break!), but I'll echo much of what was said >> regarding thoughtful design and Rob being the nicest guy to work with. Or >> have breakfast with. >> >> Fwiw, the threadless steerer and Paul center pulls we're selling points >> for me, as was the fact that it was US made ( in my hometown no less). >> And >> when I started down the road a couple years ago considering custom, >> semi-custom, whatever - I realized I'm not a lug snob; that the quality >> of >> the ride is far more important to me. On that note, the skinny tubing >> makes >> the Rambler a very sweet and smooth ride. Not whippy, but definitely >> flexible in all the right ways. I won't use the "P" word, but it's there. >> >> Some pics here: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/8199310@N04/sets/72157635510941022/ >> >> Mike >> >> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
