Rivendell

[elk]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rivendell-Rambou...QQcmdZViewItem

Have you already discussed this bike?

I'm just thinking about my future...
I haven't been able to duplicate a certain" june essay qwa" (as my student wrote) that I used to experience on my old Raleigh 10 speed...was it the drop bars? the steel? the age of the rider???? I loved feeling like I was riding a steeplechase...

My now-older-bicycle-eye has already evolved (thanks ALOT goils ) and where it used to see cute cruisers...it now wanders over sleek road and touring bikes... Particulary drawn to the Waterford and the Rivendell...for mostly aesthetic reasons as I don't know d*** about them really.

Not that I don't love my little draft horse....(although those fat tubes are starting to grate a bit...)

But if I continue to enjoy riding like I do, I might want to go farther and faster....and maybe I should start saving up now...? Or keep an eye out for a good used one..

According to the Riv site...this ebay bike would fit me well....

[jobob]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rivendell-Rambou...QQcmdZViewItem

Have you already discussed this bike?

Yep.

[elk]

are you bidding on it? where is the discussion...if you have the link to the thread...

OOOPS...found it. Why does Lisa think it's $$$$?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

That thread was about a different blue Rambouillet on Ebay- that auction is over.
This is a new auction- a much smaller Rambouillet with 26" wheels. Different bike.

Rambouillets come in 50cm frames, 52, 54, etc. (except that they are not making any more of them for now)
FWIW: My inseam is 32" and I ride a 54cm Ramb. I would probably be comfortable on a 52cm as well, since my 54 is "almost" too big. A 56cm would be too big for me.

[jobob]

That thread was about a different blue Rambouillet on Ebay- that auction is over.
This is a new auction- a much smaller Rambouillet with 26" wheels. Different bike.

Um, Lisa, beg to differ. We're talking about the same bike - the one with the Mark's rack - as in this thread, posts 63-65.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ell#post256615

[elk]

shoot....and it's probably just the right size for me---esp given that top bar...

I bet there's a line of smarty pants ebayers waiting to bid at the last minute...

not that i need another bike....i just imagine getting up these hills more easily.

I should take a photo of my neighborhood
a neighbor who is MR Road bike was laughing sadly at us..."poor things...this is not the greatest neighborhood for getting back on a bike..."

restraint....not my strong suit in ANYTHING!!! (but I can keep a secret)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Um, Lisa, beg to differ. We're talking about the same bike - the one with the Mark's rack - as in this thread, posts 63-65.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ell#post256615

Oh, you are RIGHT! I was thinking of the blue Rambouillet on Ebay from the week or so before- the 54cm one I think. Sorry.
(blue rambouillets whirling all over, making me dizzy now.....)

[jobob]

Dunno. <shrug>

With the wheels and the dynohub and the light and the TA Carmina crankset ($325 from Peter White), I think it's a good price.

A new Rambouillet frameset (frame, fork, headset) costs $1500, and built up with standard Riv parts is available for $2500 from Peter White Cycles, but the wheels would not be as good as the ones handbuilt by PW.

http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/rambouillet.asp

[elk]

gulp....its back...for less...I may have to go in for this....given my discussions yesterday about road bikes and $$$ at the shops....

ummmm what can I sell.. ?????

It has become my dream bike.