I really do not need a mountain bike, but have always thought it would be fun to have one so that way I would have a city bike, touring bike and mountain bike. The Bombadil seems more the bike to have to use as a combined mountain/touring bike. That '90s Riv mountain bike would be perfect. Guess I got the bug too late.
Sycip has a built up unleaded mountain bike that is my size. Unfortunately, it has a unicrown fork. Probably more durable but no where near as lovely as the classic curving Riv fork in the linked picture. Mr. Blessing is a lucky man indeed! On Apr 7, 9:33 pm, CycloFiend <[email protected]> wrote: > on 4/7/09 5:57 PM, Marty at [email protected] wrote: > > > > > I put up my collection of Riv paper on Ebay today, and one of the > > earliest ('96ish?, black & white) catalogs talks about a Rivendell > > Mountain frame. (Front suspension compatible - GASP!) No picture in > > the article. Not sure I ever saw one in pictures, or if they ever > > built one after that. Might have been a custom frame option, but it's > > interesting that years later the Bombadil comes along - as close to a > > mountain bike as I've seen them build, and sounds just like what they > > describe years earlier. Anyone out there have an early Riv MTB they > > are not sharing with us? > > I dont have one, but list-member Bill M. mentioned that he had one in this > thread -http://tinyurl.com/d7d48s > > He was kind enough to send a photo, but I believe he was trying to find it a > new home, and I'm not sure if he has one. > > I was going to put it in the "Generation 1" section of the Riv pages on the > Cyclofiend site. So far, there's little else there, and the page is > embarrassingly sparse. > > But, here's the link to the page:http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/gen1/#mtnframe > > And the direct link to the image he > sent:http://www.cyclofiend.com/Images/rbw/gen1/rbw_mtnframe_bill.jpg > > - Jim > > -- > Jim Edgar > [email protected] > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Send In Your Photos! - Here's how:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines > > "'You both ride your bike?' He held his hands out and grabbed imaginary > handlebars, grinning indulgently, eyeing Tom's helmet. Double disbeleif: > not one, but two grown Americans riding bicycles." > -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
