We bought this bike. My wife had her first rides on it this weekend, and it was love at first sight and ride.
This is the most beautiful Riv ever, I think. I have owned a blue Ram for 10 years, and I have often praised its beautiful lugs to my wife, with caveat that the Glorius has it beat, hands down. Finally, she said, OK, if a Glorius ever comes up for sale, let's get it. So we did. A few words about my wife's biking background: Although she and I rode together some when we were first married (ahem, 31 years ago), she mostly has not been a bike rider, preferring walking for her daily exercise. But plantar fasciitis made walking painful, and the opening of the beautiful, mostly paved, Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail in northwest Michigan made biking a joy, so she switched to biking 18 miles a day. In each of the last three summers, she has ridden 1000+ miles on an old Trek mountain bike with 2" slicks, which she always found comfortable and adequate. But she was amazed at the smooth, responsive ride of the Glorius. She even found the B67 saddle comfortable (after 3000 miles of riding heavily cushioned saddles). And the lugs! Dreamy. We'll be quite the Riv pair on the trail next summer. On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 4:19:49 PM UTC-4, Kevin Brown wrote: > > My wife wants to sell her 56cm Glorious mixte. It is in excellent > condition and has been ridden very little. Actually it has been stored in > our house and not ridden at all for the last 5 or so years. This was the > first mixte frame that Rivendell offered and has very fancy head tube lugs. > It is my understanding that it was partly the time and cost involved in > painting these frames due to the intricate lugs that caused Rivendell to > discontinue the Glorius. This Glorius has a selection of higher end > components: > > Nitto Technomic stem > Nitto Albatross handlebar > Shimano Ultegra headset > Shimano Dura Ace 9 speed bar end shifters > Shimano 105 front derailleur > Shimano XT rear derailleur > Sugino XD-2 170cm triple crank > Paul centerpull brakes > Panaracer Col de la Vie 650B tires > MKS Grip King pedals > Brooks B-67 saddle > SKS fenders > Gilles Berthoud saddle bag, panniers, racktop bag > > Asking $1,800 OBO > > Kevin Brown > Burke, VA > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
