those old sports tourers are really beatiful bikes! there's a guy here in philly who has a collection of them in different colors. if i hadn't bought my used hilsen, this would probably be something i'd be keeping an eye out for. unfortunately, all of the later 80's era frames (even touring) seem to have really steep seat tube angles (for my taste at least) and i've never been able to get quite comfortable on them. but this one seems to have a fairly reasonable geometry. and i do get the desire to restore an old beater to tip-top condition.
that said, if i already had a few rivs and knew a good frame builder, i'd probably just tweak the one that gets the least use and save the money, hassle, and (most important for me) floorspace. eric On Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 9:57:36 AM UTC-5, BenG wrote: > > Before I could buy a Riv, I followed the recommendation by Sheldon Brown > of a 1972 Schwinn Sports Tourer. 120mm rear fits 35mm Paselas sans fender; > stock 14-34-or-so freewheel and 54-40 Nervar crank; fillet brazed frame > painted cool lemon yellow; Brooks B15; to-die-for twin stick shifters all > set me back $300. 1972 spokes were the weak link. Rich built 700C wheels on > the stock Maillard hubs (the ones that begat the Phil Rivvy hubs), and I > modified the brake arms to reach them. Geometry is laid back comfortable, > but feels fast. If you can work something out to improve the 45yr old > wheels, and like to play with bikes, it's inexpensive fun, making American > bikes great again. Maybe somebody will be doing this with my Rivs in 2060. -- 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.
