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Rocky Mountain Summit RL

10/17/2019

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Apologies for being away for a couple weeks; we moved and I ended up with a different computer, and it took me a while to figure out the login for this website again.

We're back and we're talking old bikes again. Last week I picked up a very rare bike from Rocky's 1991 lineup - the Summit RL.
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Like so many old race bikes, this one had been set up for commuting duty. Rack, fenders, and mirror installed. The wheels, brake lever/shifter pods, and rear derailleur had all been replaced with commuter-level parts.

The fork and stem are original though. This is pretty rare as lots of these old bikes got suspension, and typically a swap to a threadless headset too. Actually, check that; the catalog shows this bike with a Ritchey stem and bar, and Shimano cranks. I've got a Syncros stem and bar, and Ritchey cranks here. So, not "original" in the sense of what the catalog showed, but those parts are period correct at least.

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You see here the most distinctive feature of the 1991 Rockys, the cable stops on the headtube. You found this on steel bikes above the Fusion and below the Tantalus/Thunderbolt custom bikes. This was presumably to save the potential stress of welding right where the thickness of the tubes changed. 

I guess this just wasn't an issue though, and it must have caused other problems since they only did it this one year. 

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I always thought that the RL in the name stood for Ritchey Logic, the tubeset I this bike was made from. But only the seatstays are from the Logic set, everything else is Tange Prestige Concept. I don't have the official TeamCow scale set up yet, so I can't confirm the weight, but It feels heavier than I would expect.

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The bike feels super solid. I took it for a quick spin up the street and it was very nice - which makes me sad because it's too small. I knew it was a 17" when I bought it, but I didn't care because the price was right. But now that I'd ridden it, I really wish it was a 19"

I'd much rather mess around with this than my Breezer, which is cool of course, but it's not a Rocky.

​Anybody got a trade?

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