My sage has a painted headtube. The earlier green one I had did not. Also, the earlier one did not have the two raised portions of the fork crown painted when I bought it. Took care of that with some white paint and a hobby brush.
While I have seen photos of the sage with no contrasting headtube, have never seen one like that in person. Besides the double top tubes, not sure there were any other significant changes. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 2:09:47 PM UTC-5 bjmi...@gmail.com wrote: > Oooh...I think the darker green ones were the mistake ones I saw on the > Wayback Machine. Now I NEED to find it! > > On Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 1:54:31 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> There was a darker green run - kind of a vintage Porsche color - around >> 2010 that had this "mistake", too. Some came without a cream headtube and I >> thought looked better that way. >> >> Joe Bernard >> >> On Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 11:48:31 AM UTC-7 bjmi...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Good stuff, everyone! >>> >>> The one thing that makes me wonder, though, is that this BLUG post below >>> makes it seem like the Sams that were coming out in early 2014 were >>> produced with the 62cm Sage not having a cream head tube, but other double >>> top tubes pictured have cream tubes. >>> >>> https://rivbike.tumblr.com/post/68923093887/new-green-sams-came-in-today-available-for/amp >>> >>> There's no mention in the Blug about the difference, though. Maybe it is >>> where they were produced, though. I know I saw with the Wayback Machine a >>> web special for sage green Sams that should have had cream head tubes but >>> the painter messed up...they were being sold discounted...but I can't >>> remember what year/month/day I checked and saw it. >>> >>> It's pretty unimportant and I only ask because I thought it might be a >>> well-known piece of Riv trivia (Rivia?). >>> >>> >>> Thanks again! >>> Ben >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 12:57:08 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>>> I'd say ALL the 'early' Sam's have a single color, with no cream head >>>> tube. Mine, bought in December '09 is all orange. I'm sure some people >>>> might have gotten D&D repaint with a cream headtube. I associate the >>>> transition to cream headtube with 'later' Sam's, and there were a couple >>>> ways that occurred. Some got built at Waterford, and some of it may have >>>> been introduced alongside price increases. You asked "why", which i take >>>> to mean "what was Rivendell's motivation to ever spec any bike without a >>>> cream headtube?" I think it was to keep the price down. When I bought >>>> mine in 2009, it was a $995 frameset. There are several cost-saving >>>> details on mine. No cream headtube, socketed dropouts, etc. I don't >>>> recall what MSRP was in 2013. Early Betty Foys were one color. Romulus >>>> and Redwood were one color. Quickbeam and Simpleones were one color, etc. >>>> >>>> >>>> Bill Lindsay >>>> El Cerrito, CA >>>> >>>> On Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 6:13:13 AM UTC-7 bjmi...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good morning! >>>>> I have purchased (and am picking up after work today) a 62cm Sage >>>>> Green Sam and I am really excited about it! I used the Wayback Machine to >>>>> double check what Riv would have sized me in (seller bought at the end of >>>>> 2013) and I've read Grant's "Reintroduction of Sam Hillborne" a thousand >>>>> times. I've done a BOAT LOAD of web searches and dug through this group >>>>> and >>>>> there are two things I can't seem to find out... >>>>> >>>>> 1. Why might the head tubes not be painted cream on some of the sage >>>>> green bikes? The pictures I keep seeing seem to only picture the 62cm >>>>> Sage >>>>> without a cream head tube. The bike I purchased is the same (which made >>>>> me >>>>> think the bike was older than stated until I found those pictures). >>>>> >>>>> 2. Does the geometry I'm seeing for the 2017 Sams line up with where >>>>> they were in late 2013-14? I'm 100% positive that I got the right size, >>>>> just curious to poke around on Bike Insights. >>>>> >>>>> If you know more about either question, I'd appreciate anything you >>>>> have to add! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> Ben in Omaha >>>>> >>>> -- 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/61e8b343-34b0-4fa5-b92d-5c91e1d60465n%40googlegroups.com.
