thats an awesome build, interesting green color.
On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 7:49:07 AM UTC-7, Tim Wilson wrote: > > I'm new to the bunch, but a Rivendell owner since the beginning. Thought > some of you might be interested in seeing my admittedly > no-longer-very-riv-ish '94 All Rounder. > > Here's the story: In 1993 I bought a Bridgestone XO-1 frame, the orange > one, and spent the next year fiddling with configurations: various tire > styles, bar shapes, shifter positions, gearing strategies, all generally in > pursuit of the style of riding expressed in this famous image of Pineapple > Bob from the catalog that year: nimble, athletic, rebellious; off the > beaten path, old-school vibe. > > [image: Image.jpg] > > By '94, I'd figured out what setup I liked, but also that the frame I had > wasn't the right size for me. Too late, though, as Bridgestone was now out > of business in the US. Thankfully, Grant was on to his next thing, and > offering the All-Rounder, which seemed intended to keep the XO thing going, > at the time. I ordered one, drove up from Chicago to collect it at the > Waterford facility, and have had it ever since. > > Here it is today. Not so Rivendell-like by current standards, but tons of > fun to ride when I'm in the mustache-bar mood. Those are heretical > brake-lever shifters on there. Chorus 11-spd Ergo driving a Shimano 9-spd > mech. "Shimergo" I've heard it called. A perfect indexing match. Unusually, > I do like 'stache bars (for rides shorter than a couple hours) but have > never warmed to bar-end shifters. The Ergo levers work quite nicely on > mustache bars. > > [image: IMG_1764.jpeg] > > I'm too old now to have as many bikes as I have, and this one may not make > the cut. Don't know yet. What does the bunch think? I hope showing a bike > with the stem lower than the seat doesn't get me in trouble here. > > > -Tim > > > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/68c42023-e94d-4dc7-b633-ea1c60e162ebo%40googlegroups.com.
