There were 10 Mystery Bikes built -- I don't know if that qualifies as a custom or an actual photo-ish model. There were certainly a bunch of posts on the Blog about those bikes, and they were instrumental in Grant's thinking about long chain stays in many subsequent models. I could go find the Blue posts if you want to include the Mystery Bikes on this sheet.
On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 2:58:27 PM UTC-4, Marty Gierke, Stewartstown PA wrote: > > A continuing conversation about models, variations, names and resources of > interest related to Rivbike models from 1994 to present day. This > information is subject to change at any time as new information is > discovered and new models introduced. Resources used to develop this > timeline have come from several sources: the Rivendell Reader Archive, > (available on the main page of this group) the BLUG archive, (available on > the Rivendell website) Grant's BLAHG, (available on the Rivendell website) > periodic emails from Rivendell and member/owner recollection. Dates listed > for each model reflect first mention or introduction of the model using > it's production name, not necessarily when it was delivered to owners. Some > bikes took longer to develop and reach owners than others. Variations and > overlaps are endless, so this list only captures each model that was > uniquely named and produced in some quantity. No customs, one-offs, > prototypes or collaborations with other companies are included. (The one > exception being HERON, which set the stage for many of the named Rivbikes > to come.) There is no information about the quantity of each model > produced. Some were very short lived or limited production, others have > remained in production for many years. Likewise, variations in where in the > world and by whom each model was built complicates the timeline. This is a > group-sourced database. Corrections or missing detail fill-ins are welcome. > > > *Model Year RR > Issue BLUG BLAHG* > > Road 1994 0 > > All Rounder 1994 0 > > Mountain Expedition 1994 0 > > Long Low 1996 8 > > Cyclo-cross 1996 8 > > Heron 1998 11 > > Atlantis 2000 > 18 > > Rambouillet 2001 24 > > Quickbeam 2002 27 > > Romulus 2002 28 > > Redwood 2002 28 > > Saluki 2004 > 35 > > Glorius 2006 > 37 > > Wilbury 2006 > 37 > > Bleriot 2006 > 37 > > A Homer Hilsen 2006 38 > > Legolas 2007 > 39 > > Bombadil 2009 41 > > Samuel Hillborne 2009 41 > > Roadeo 2010 > 42 > > Simpleone > 2011 December 2010 > > Betty Foy 2011 > 43 March 2011 > > Yves Gomez 2011 43 > > Hunqapillar 2011 > 43 > > Appaloosa > 2012 January 2012 > > Cheviot 2014 > > Clem Smith (Clementine) 2015 > 44 March 2015 > > Roscoe Bubbe 2016 > > Hubbuhubbuh 2017 > > L. Roadini 2017 > > Frank Jones Sr. 2018 > > Gus Boots-Willsen 2018 > September 14, 2018 > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
