Rivendell

**elk** · 10-26-2007, 09:41 AM

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** · 10-26-2007, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by elk

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

Have you already discussed this bike?

Yep.

**elk** · 10-26-2007, 11:27 AM

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** · 10-26-2007, 11:44 AM

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** · 10-26-2007, 11:45 AM

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

**jobob** · 10-26-2007, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.

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** · 10-26-2007, 12:30 PM

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** · 10-26-2007, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by jobob

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.....)

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 10-26-2007, 03:58 PM

Speaking of Rivendell Rambouillets, my DH just put up a nice page of pictures on CycloFiend of his beautiful Rambouillet:
http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2007/cc...livan1007.html

**elk** · 10-26-2007, 04:24 PM

who am i kidding....i need that dough to pay my property taxes....and I should see where I am as a cyclist in a year...

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 10-26-2007, 05:27 PM

Elk, you know if you can find an older steel road bike that fits you well, you can get it pretty cheap and then put some nice components on it one at a time and make if into something really cool. You can put some wide gearing too for your hills. I see lots of older steel bikes that have been made into fabulous bikes this way. I like the look of an older lugged steel bike with a few well loved dings in it and a good leather saddle, etc. There are tons of them out there in people's garages...sleeping beauties...
dont give up hope!

**jobob** · 10-26-2007, 06:11 PM

What Lisa said

**elk** · 10-26-2007, 07:31 PM

I wish wish wish I had kept my 1975 Raleigh !!!!!!
But the mechanic said it wasn't worth spending over 200.00 to get it fixed up when the new technology was so much better.....

I knew nothing. so we gave it to a collective & I went bought my Globe.
That was only about 2 months ago... Maybe the place I gave it to still has it!!

**KnottedYet** · 10-26-2007, 07:41 PM

my inclination would be to trust the mechanic on this one. In any case, the bike is probably gone.

If you want to build-up your own steel bike, consider taking a peek at some of the "nekkid" frames offered by Surly and Soma. www.surlybikes.com www.somafab.com

$400-$600 for the frames, then do them up however you like.

I think your Globe is very cute. Don't get rid of it! Everyone needs at least TWO bikes: a "performance" bike (whatever performance means to you) and a utility bike. The Globe is a lovely utility bike.

**elk** · 10-26-2007, 10:42 PM

I LOVE my Globe and will definately keep it. Its great for roadworking my dog, for trails and paths...

I'm just thinking about speed and distance... I might eventually look at "entry level" steel road bikes....I'm just thinking outloud...

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