<<< No Heron experience. Other than with Audubon...
________________________________ From: "Frederick, Steve" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 2:28:11 PM Subject: RE: [RBW] Old Custom Riv on ebay More like a Heron road than the Rambouillet--the bike in question doesn't have the longer reach brakes and thus is more limited for tire size and fender clearance... -----Original Message----- >From: > [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of > Bruce >Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 3:24 PM >To: > [email protected] >Subject: Re: [RBW] Old Custom Riv > on ebay > > >I have this (as do others on the list) bike in a slightly larger > size. Note the sale bike has 26" wheels, in case this matters to you. The > bike > is NOT a custom (it is prior to the era of custom Rivs), and the ad copy > contains other minor errors. The frame set has been great for me. Id say it > is > a fancier, racier sort of Rambouillet. Sort of Waterford front end mated to > a > Rivendell longer chain stay rear, and all done up in silver brazed Reynolds > 753 with Shimano drop outs. The bike is my size, and if I did not have the > Rambouillet already in addition to the aforementioned Rivendell , and > therefore no possible justification to own this bike, I'd bid on it. > > >Tell Mom she could do worse and spend a lot more money doing > it. > > > ________________________________ From: "Frederick, Steve" > <[email protected]> >To: > [email protected] >Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 1:56:36 > PM >Subject: RE: [RBW] Old > Custom Riv on ebay > >Great bike but limited by the short reach > brakes and probably a bit steeper angled than current Riv products. If > she wants a sporty, pretty, nice riding bike that will fit maybe 28mm tires > max without fenders she could certainly do worse...it's about as far from an > Atlantis as you can get and still call it a Riv so if the Atlantis' > versatility and clearance put her off this might be just the ticket. > > >Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI > >-----Original > Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]]on > Behalf Of >[email protected] >Sent: Friday, > February 19, 2010 2:47 PM >To: RBW Owners Bunch >Subject: [RBW] Old Custom > Riv on ebay > > >Not my listing: http://tinyurl.com/ykcw4c4 > >My mother-in-law is asking > me about this bike. I feel a bit unsure >about it. I tried to > get her to go after last week's Atlantis. Any >thoughts on this bike, > or experience with similar bikes? > >Jay > >-- >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. > >-- > >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. > > >-- >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. > -- 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. -- 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.
