Romulus name origin?

[lungimsam]

Anyone know how they came up with the name for that model?

[Tim]

I never read anything from Grant, but Romulus and Remus were the
brothers (mythical) who founded Rome. Rome is the "City of Seven
Hills." Wouldn't that be a great place for a brevet? And of course,
fine hand-made steel bikes are synonymous with Italy....

[Cyclofiend Jim]

Don't think that was ever specifically mentioned - there's the announcement article and some flyer images here:

http://cyclofiend.com/rbw/romulus/

[Seth Vidal]

I like to think maybe the headbadge came first and they needed to name
it. I love the rom headbadge.

-sv

[James Warren]

One of the older Readers (low 20's possibly) first mentions plans to offer the frame that ended up becoming the Rambouillet. But in this reader, when the idea was first introduced, the name "Rambouillet" is not yet revealed. Grant says in that Reader that the name will probably be "Romulus." He also mentions that he'd prefer to call the forthcoming bike the "Libertas" but didn't think he could get the rights to that name.

 

So the actual Romulus bike didn't come until a bit later, but idea for using that name is a bit older than the bike itself.

 

-Jim W.

 

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