I actually bought Dave Nawrocki's protobleriot off of this list a few years back. It's my everything around town and beyond bike. Dyno setup, rear rack with sackville panniers (forget their real name), a marks' rack/small basket up front. Bosco bullmoose bars and thumb shifters :)
<https://www.flickr.com/gp/dave-levin/98056T> On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 9:26:22 AM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Dont forget the very few Renovelo frames as well. > > On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 8:31:42 AM UTC-8, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: >> >> I'd forgotten about those - Did they get the "Protovelo" decals before >> they were sold? >> >> Don't have time to dig through the archives until this weekend, but great >> info Liesl! >> >> - Jim / cyclofiend.com >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 8:14:06 AM UTC-8, Liesl wrote: >>> >>> Cyclofiend Jim wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> The ProtoVelo designation first appeared in print in RR 39 - Early >>>> 2007. I think it came up with further explanation in later Readers, but >>>> since this issue was magically the first one I happened to grab out of the >>>> stack, I'll quit while I'm ahead. >>>> >>> >>> I believe thehandful of 650B protobleriot frames, which a few of us >>> have, were made in 2006. Dave Nawrocki, are you on the list because you got >>> one of these bikes, too. I've attached a photo of mine and you will see >>> it's a sibling of Dave's (link below). Are there others on the list who >>> scored these beautiful frames? I know there's another one runnng around >>> the Twin Cities that Jim Thill, you know about (incidently, Jim/Hiawatha >>> Cycle built up mine). >>> >>> http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2007/cc297-davenawrocki0407.html >>> >>> While the Bombadil proto's were indeed written up in the Reader in 2007; >>> however, my memory is that these protobleriot frames were the first >>> 'protovelos' offered on the web (but I have only been following Riv since >>> about 2004). I think I bought my frame for ~$450 new. Now that was a >>> screamin' deal. >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
